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LITTLE    ANNA     STORIES. 


LITTLE   ANNA 


A   STORY 


FOR  PLEASANT  LITTLE  CHILDREN 


BY  A.   STEIN. 


TRANSLATED  FROM   THE    GERMAN. 


BOSTON: 
LEE    AND    SHEPARD. 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1868,  by 

LEE    AND    SIIEPARD, 
In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  District  of  Massachusetts. 


Stereotyped  at  tJit  Bmton  Stereotype  Foundry, 
It.  Spring  Lane. 


LITTLE  ANNA    STORIES. 

Six  vols.    Illustrated. 

COMPRISING  : 

1.    LITTLE    A-J^NT-A.. 
3.    THE    CHEER-ETJL 

3.  A.    THOUSAND 

4.  THE    LITTLE    HELPER. 

5.  J^LICE    LEAR1MEONT. 

6.  STORIES    J\.I3OTJT 


LEE  &  SHEPAED,  Publishers,  Boston. 


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DEAR  BLANCHE, 

"When  the  pretty  German  story  you  lent  me  comes 
to  you  in  an  English  dress,  I  hope  you  will  think  me 
excused  for  keeping  it  so  long,  though  it  may  never 
seem  as  pretty  as  it  is  in  its  own  language.  You  may 
discover  that  I  have  altered  some  words  and  phrases, 
and  wonder  if  I  mistook  the  meaning ;  but  I  changed 
them  in  order  to  use  words  and  phrases  familiar  to 
American  children,  for  those  who  read  this  will  be  too 
young  to  know  about  Germany  and  German  ways.  If 
other  children  grow  as  fond  of  "  Little  Anna "  as  my 
little  niece  and  nephew  are,  they  will  be  glad,  as  I  am, 
that  you  gave  me  a  chance  to  be 

THE  TRANSLATOR. 


CONTENTS. 


CHAPTER   I. 
WAKING  UP 


CHAPTER   II. 
THE  WALK     ..........      g 

CHAPTER   III. 
MARM  DORTY  ..........    15 

CHAPTER    IV. 
LUNCHEON        ..........    jg 

CHAPTER    V. 
PLAYING  ...........    26 

CHAPTER   VI. 
DINNER    ...........    32 

CHAPTER    VII. 
THE  STORY     ..........    33 

CHAPTER    VIII. 
THE  DOLL        .....  .44 


CHAPTER    IX. 
THE  VISIT 49 


VI  CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER  X. 


DRESSING 

CHAPTER   XI. 


MAMMA 


CHAPTER   XII. 
GREAT  WASHING-DAY 65 

CHAPTER   XIII. 
GRANDPAPA 72 

CHAPTER   XIV. 
THE  CAKES 81 

CHAPTER   XV. 
PLAYING  IN  THE  GARDEN 88 

CHAPTER    XVI. 
THE  LOST  DOLL 95 

CHAPTER    XVII. 
THE  DRIVE .    102 

CHAPTER    XVIII. 
TELLING  ABOUT  THE  JOURNEY 110 

CHAPTER    XIX. 
SHELLING  PEAS 115 

CHAPTER    XX. 
SEWING 119 

CHAPTER    XXI. 
THE  BIRTHDAY 126 


LITTLE    ANNA. 


CHAPTER    I. 

WAKING   UP 

IT  was  a  pleasant  morning;  the  sun 
was  shining;  and  little  Anna,  who  was 
not  yet  four  years  old,  was  lying  in  her 
little  bed  asleep.  Then  the  clock  struck, 
ding  dong,  ding  dong,  —  six  times.  It 
was  six  o'clock,  and  little  Anna  woke  up. 
Her  cheeks  were  very  red,  from  sleeping ; 
she  opened  her  eyes  wide,  looked  round, 
and  said  rather  wofully, "  Sophy ! " 

Sophy  went  to  the  bed. 

"  Here  I  am,  little  woman ;  what  makes 
you  call  me  as  if  you  were  going  to 
cry?"  , 

"Anna  thought  you  had  gone  away, 
Sophy." 


25  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  Dearie  me  !  Why,  I  have  been  put- 
ting all  your  things  straight,  and  I  have 
poured  out  the  water,  and  now  we  are 
going  to  have  a  fine  splash,  splash,  wash- 
ing, and  then  wre  '11  get  combed  and 
brushed  without  saying  au !  and  we  '11 
have  a  nice  time.  Now,  jumpety,  jump, 
Anna." 

Little  Anna  lay  quite  still,  and  asked, 
"Where  is  Agnes?"  and  while  she  was 
asking,  she  looked  over  at  a  pretty  crib 
which  stood  quite  near  her  little  bed. 

"  Little  baby  Agnes  has  not  waked  up 
yet." 

Anna  laughed,  got  right  up  in  bed,  and 
said,  "Lazy-bones." 

Now  darling  little  Agnes  waked  up,  too. 
One  moment  she  lay  quite  still,  as  little 
bits  of  children  always  do;  then  she  smiled, 
and  when  Anna  went  on  laughing,  she 
laughed  too,  and  said,  "  Coo,  coo,  coo." 

Sophy  went  to  the  crib. 

u  Are  you  awake,  too,  dear  little  soul  ? 
0  you  sweetest  pet !  But  now  keep  still ; 


WAKING    UP.  6 

Sophy  must  dress  Anna  first,  and  then 
she  '11  dress  baby." 

"  Agnes/'  called  out  Anna, "  say  ma-ma, 
ma-ma."  * 

Agnes  smiled  again,  and  said,  "  Pa,  pa, 
pa,  pa." 

"  Sophy,"  said  Anna,  "  Agnes  can't  talk 
yet;  but,  Sophy,  when  Agnes  can  talk, 
she  will  have  meat  to  eat,  and  then  Anna 
shall  take  hold  of  her  and  we  will  run 
together,  and  —  " 

Splash,  splash,  came  a  spongeful  of 
water  over  Anna's  bright  little  face,  and 
some  of  it  ran  into  her  mouth.  She  sput- 
tered, and  called  out,  half  frightened, 
"Sophy!  Sophy!" 

Sophy  laughed  :  "  Now  you  be  quiet ; 
it 's  coming  better  than  that " ;  and  splash, 
splash,  right  and  left,  over  her  head  and 
over  her  feet,  everywhere,  the  water  came 
dashing,  and  Anna  opened  her  mouth  and 
wanted  to  speak  or  to  cry,  but  she  really 
had  not  time  to  do  either. 

"  There,  Miss  Pussie ;  now  you  've  got 


4  LITTLE   ANNA. 

your  little  white  coat  on ;  now  we  '11 
get  combed."  Sophy  took  the  comb 
and  said,  "Now  the  gardener  is  coming 
with  his  rake,  and  he  rakes  down  hill,  and 
down  hill,  and  down  hill  again,  and  so, 
and  so,  and  now  he  's  done ! " 

Anna  laughed.  "  Sophy,  is  the  comb  a 
rake?" 

"  To  be  sure.  Now  we  '11  put  on  our 
dress,  and  then  Anna  will  give  baby  a 
kiss,  and  then  she  '11  run  to  her  mamma 
and  say, '  Good  morning,  dear  mamma.'  " 

"Sophy,"  said  Anna,  very  piteously, 
"  but  —  my  —  breakfast." 

"  Just  think,  —  that 's  what  you  say 
every  morning.  You  know  Sophy  has 
got  to  dress  little  sister  first." 

Anna  ran  to  the  crib,  kissed  little  Ag- 
nes, and  said,  "  Agnes,  when  you  can  eat 
meat,  then  we  will  run  together  and 
jump." 

Sophy  opened  the  door  into  another 
room,  and  Anna  went  to  her  mamma. 
Mamma  was  still  in  bed,  and  held  out  her 


WAKING   UP.  O 

arms  to  the  little  girl.  Anna  kissed  and 
hugged  her  ever  so  much. 

"  Mamma,  I  am  so  clean  and  neat ;  but 
the  water  came  trickle,  trickle,  over  my 
face.  Mamma,  I  want  to  tell  you,' — 
mamma,  I  would  like  my  breakfast." 

"  Have  I  got  that  little  greedy  girl  for 
my  little  daughter  ?  " 

"  Yes,  mamma,  I  want  my  breakfast." 

"  And  Agnes  ?  our  dear  little  darling 
Agnes  ?  Won 't  you  wait  till  she  is 
dressed  ?  What  are  you  going  to  play 
when  you  have  had  your  breakfast  ?  " 

"  I  would  like  to  go  in  the  garden." 

"  Very  well ;  Charlotte  can  go  with 
you,  and  by  and  by  Agnes  will  come  out 
in  her  little  wagon,  and  then  you  can 
pick  up  pretty  stones,  and  gather  leaves, 
and  you  can  play  under  the  big  maple- 
tree.  Charlotte  may  put  your  playthings 
in  a  basket  and  take  them  out,  too." 

"Yes,  mamma;  lout  I  want  my  break- 
fast." 

"  Mamma  can  Jt  answer  that  any  more, 
and  Anna  must  learn  to  wait." 


6  LITTLE   ANNA. 

Pretty  soon  Sophy  called,  "Anna,  break- 
fast is  all  ready." 

The  little  girl  kissed  her  mamma,  and 
ran  away  very  eagerly.  Milk  and  biscuit 
and  bread  were  on  the  table,  and  the  two 
children  ate  and  drank,  and  were  very 
happy.  All  at  once  Anna  held  her  cup 
in  her  hand  without  drinking;  she  was 
listening ;  the  little  birds  were  singing 
so  sweetly  and  merrily. 

"  Sophy,  have  the  little  birds  had  their 
bread  and  milk  breakfast?" 

Sophy  laughed.  "  Why,  they  don't  have 
any  milk,  nor  any  bread." 

"  But  what  then  ?  " 

"  Their  mamma-bird  finds  them  worms 
and  seeds,  and  puts  them  in  their  little 
bills." 

"Don't  they  like  bread,  Sophy?" 

"They  like  it  well  enough,  but  they 
don't  get  it." 

Anna  looked  very  thoughtful,  —  she 
drank  her  milk,  and  bit  off  some  Ircad. 
Then  she  looked  at  the  slice  very  ear- 


WAKING   UP.  7 

nestly,  and  broke  off  one  little  crumb, 
and  then  another,  and  at  last  she  gave 
a  sigh,  and  broke  off  a  bigger  piece,  and 
said  quickly,  "  Sophy,  the  birds  shall  have 
all  that,  but  the  great  big  piece  is  for 
the  one  that  sings  so  nice." 

Sophy  looked  at  "  the  great  big  piece," 
and  smiled,  for  it  was  almost  as  big  as  an 
almond,  and  said,  "Well,  we  will  open 
the  window  and  you  shall  throw  the 
bread  out  to  the  birds." 

"Sophy,  how  do  those  ones  look  that 
sing  so  nice  ?  " 

"  We  can't  tell  which  they  are,  for  they 
all  have  little  gray  coats.  You  throw  out 
the  bread,  and  perhaps  those  that  did  n't 
sing  so  nicely  before  will  sing  very  nicely 
now,  because  they  will  be  so  glad  to  get 
the  crumbs." 

Anna  threw  the  bread  out,  and  waited 
a  little  while  in  vain  .for  the  birds  to 
come ;  then  Sophy  dressed  her  to  go  out, 
and  she  went  very  happily  with  Charlotte 
into  the  garden. 


CHAPTER    II. 

THE    WALK. 

ANNA  went  to  the  garden  gate,  then  all 
at  once  turned  round,  "Sarlotte,  Anna 
must  say  good  morning  to  gra'mamma 
first" 

"Did  you  forget  that?  But  don't  al- 
ways say  Sarlotte ;  please  say  Charlotte." 

"But  I  can't  say  it;  Anna  can't  say 
that  at  all." 

The  little  girl  ran  back  into  the  house, 
and  into  her  grandmamma's  room. 

"  Gra'mamma,  gra'mamma,  want  to  say 
good  morning." 

"  Good  morning,  my  darling,  what  are 
you  in  such  a  hurry  for?  Give  grand- 
mamma a  good  kiss,  and  tell  her  some- 
thing nice." 

"  Gra'mamma,  I  ate  my  bread  and  milk, 
but  I  gave  some  to  the  little  birds." 


THE   WALK.  9 

"Grandmamma  is  very  glad  of  that, 
but  tell  me  something  about  mamma 
and  Agnes." 

"  Mamma  is  lying  in  her  bed,  and  Ag- 
nes was  a  lazy-bones." 

"Was  our  little  pink  a  lazy-bones? 
But  what  is  Anna  going  to  do  now  ? " 

"Yes,  gra'mamma,  I  must  go  now. 
Sarlotte  is  in  the  garden,  and  Agnes  is 
coming  in  her  wagon  by  and  by,  and 
Anna  will  pick  up  leaves  and  get  stones, 
and  cook,  and  go  to  see  Dorty." 

"  Then  run  away  now,  and  come  again 
at  ten  o'clock  to  grandmamma,  and  get 
your  luncheon." 

Anna  went  into  the  garden,  where 
there  were  so  many  things  to  see.  The 
gardener  was  there  gathering  strawber- 
ries, which  were  so  red  and  pretty ;  and 
there  were  other  people  digging  and 
weeding;  and  the  little  butterflies,  the 
white  ones,  the  blue  ones,  and  the  bright 
ones,  flying  about  so  merrily,  and  chased 

by  the  little  birds  who  wanted  to  catch 

i* 


10  LITTLE   ANNA. 

them;  but  the  pretty  butterflies  took 
good  care  of  themselves,  and  flew  zig- 
zag, zigzag,  and  the  birds  could  not  do 
so. 

Anna  ran  about  very  happily,  —  she 
picked  up  pretty  stones  and  gathered 
leaves,  but  she  stopped  near  the  gar- 
dener to  see  him  work.  The  gardener 
said,  "Good  morning,  little  Anna."  An- 
na nodded,  and  looked  straight  at  the 
red,  sweet  strawberries.  The  gardener 
held  out  the  basket  to  her,  in  which  he 
had  put  them. 

"  Take  some  strawberries,  Anna." 
Anna's  face  grew  quite  red,  then  she 
turned  round  and  went  away.     Charlotte 
followed  her. 

"Anna,  why  did  not  you  take  some 
strawberries  ?  " 

u  Sarlotte,  mamma  says,  no  !  " 
"  But  you  might  say, '  Thank  you.' " 
"  Anna   could   not ;    Anna   could   not 
speak  at  all." 

"  See,  there  comes  little  sister." 


THE    WALK.  11 

Anna  ran  to  meet  the  wagon,  but  sud- 
denly she  stood  still,  and  looked  very 
unhappy. 

"  Agnes  has  my  Alida,"  said  she.  Then 
she  sprang  hastily  forward  and  snatched 
her  favorite  dolly  out  of  the  baby's  arms. 
Agnes  looked  very  much  astonished. 

"  Oa,  Oa ! "  said  she ;  for  that  was  her 
way  of  calling  Anna.  Sophy  was  quite 
displeased. 

"  Don't  be  so  unkind,"  she  said.  u  Your 
little  sister  was  bringing  your  dolly  to 
you,  and  because  she  has  it  in  her  arms, 
must  you  snatch  it  away  from  her,  in- 
stead of  thanking  her  and  giving  her  a 
sweet  kiss  ?  " 

Anna  looked  quite  ashamed.  She  ran 
to  Agnes,  stroked  her,  and  said,  u  My  little 
sweet.  Come,  Alida,  and  give  Agnes  a 
kiss,  —  so;  and  now  Anna  kiss  her  too." 

"  Good  by,  Anna,"  said  Charlotte  ;  "  I 
must  go  in  now." 

"Sarlotte,  Sarlotte,  —  but  what  for?" 

"  I  must  sew,  and  be  industrious." 


12  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  Come  Anna/*  said  Sophy,  "  now  we  '11 
go  to  see  Dorty;  you  go  before,  and  I 
will  drag  little  Agnes." 

Anna  walked  along,  with  Alida  in  her 
arms ;  she  did  not  say  very  much,  for  it 
was  rather  a  long  way,  and  she  was  a 
little  bit  tired. 

"  Agnes,"  said  Sophy,  u  now  we  are  go- 
ing to  Dorty's." 

Agnes  smiled.  "  Bow-wow,  bow-wow, 
-^koof,  koof,"  said  she.  That  was  her 
way  of  saying  that  she  should  see  a  dog 
and  a  pig  at  Dorty's. 

Sophy  laughed.  "Here,  Anna,  listen 
to  what  baby  says.  Now  what  does  Ag- 
nes say?" 

Agnes  laughed,  and  said  again,  "  Bow- 
wow, koof/koof." 

"  Look,  look !  there  is  Bow-wow  now, 
there  comes  Prince."  Prince  did  not  look 
one  bit  like  a  real  Prince ;  he  was  a  little 
ugly,  dirty  dog,  who  rolled  in  the  wet 
grass  in  the  morning,  and  then  rolled  in 
the  dust,  and  was  always  shabby  and 


THE   WALK.  13 

always  forlorn,  and  wanted  to  bite  every- 
body's legs.  He  knew  Anna,  and  liked 
her ;  so  he  ran  to  meet  her,  and  pushed 
her  with  his  nose. 

"  But,  Prince,"  said  Anna,  "  you  must  n't 
do  that !  Anna  has  got  on  a  clean  apron." 

Just  then,  Mrs.  Dorothy,  whom  the 
children  called  "  Dorty,"  came  to  the  door 
of  her  house. 

"  Good  morning,  good  morning,"  said 
she,  "  are  they  both  there,  the  little  one 
and  the  little  wee  one  ?  Good  morning, 
Anna;  see  how  glad  Prince  is  that  you 
have  come.  Now  where  is  the  little  bit 
baby  ?  There  she  is  !  laughing  so  sweet- 
ly and  looking  so  lovely.  0  you  honey 
darling ! " 

"  Koof,  koof,"  said  Agnes. 

"Yes,  so  you  shall  see  the  pig,  that 
says  koof.  Come  in  Dorty's  arms.  So  — 
there  's  a  dear,  sweet  baby  !  Now  we  '11 
go  and  open  the  barn-door,  and  then  Ag- 
nes will  see  the  piggy-wiggy." 

"  And  I  too,  Dorty." 


14  LITTLE    ANNA. 

"  To  be  sure,  little  Anna ;  both  the 
children.  But  Prince  can't  come.  Piggy 
does  n't  like  Prince." 

"  Does  Prince  bite  the  pig  ? "  asked 
Anna. 

"  Yes ;  he  would  like  to  very  well,  but 
I  don't  let  him.  Get  away,  dog ;  will  you 
go  home,  sir !  " 

Prince  ran  off.  Then  he  stood  still  and 
looked  back ;  then  he  ran  on  again,  stood 
still  and  looked  round  again,  till  Mrs. 
Dorothy  put  a  little  stick  into  Anna's 
hand;  then  he  went  quite  away  to  the 
house,  and  stood  at  the  door,  and  snarled 
and  growled,  just  as  naughty  little  chil- 
dren fret  and  cry. 

Anna*  asked,  "Shall  I  drive  Prince 
away,  Dorty?" 

"  No,  let  him  alone,  he  is  a  spoiled 
child  of  a  dog,  and  he  loves  you,  so  you 
must  n't  do  him  any  harm.  But,  look 
now;  here  is  the  pig." 


CHAPTER    III. 

MARM   DORTY. 

THE  little  "girls  looked  curiously  into 
the  sty,  though  when  the  pig  came  for- 
ward and  grunted,  Anna  hid  herself  be- 
hind Marm  Dorty.  But  Agnes,  who  was 
in  Dorty's  arms,  and  was  not  frightened, 
held  out  her  little  plump  fists  and  said, 
"  Nium,  nium,  nium." 

"Dorty,"  asked  Anna,  "what  for  does 
pig  always  make  that  noise  ? " 

"  He  is  used  to  have  me  bring  him 
stuff  to  eat,  and  he  wants  it  now." 

"Where  is  the  stuff?" 

"  I  have  not  picked  it  yet ;  if  you  want 
to  go  with  me  we  will  pick  some.  It  is 
green  stuff,  called  pig-weed,  and  grows 
out  there,  under  the  trees." 

The  sty  was  shut  up  again,  they  went 
and  gathered  the  pig-weed,  and  brovujb* 


16  LITTLE   ANNA. 

it  to  the  pig,  who  ate  it  fast,  but  grunted 
all  the  time. 

"  Dorty,  now  he  makes  that  noise." 

"  Yes,  now  he  is  very  happy." 
I     "  Dorty,  Anna  don't  make  a  noise  like 
that  when  I  am  happy." 

"  But  you  are  not  a  little  piggy.     Now 
come,  we  will  shut  him  up  again." 
' "  Dorty,  where  are  your  chickens  ?  " 

"  Dorty  has  n't  any  chickens.  Once  I 
had  pretty  hens  and  chickens,  —  yellow, 
gray,  white,  black,  and  all  colors ;  but  my 
house  is  too  near  the  wood,  where  Mr. 
Fox  lives,  and  he  came  so  often,  and 
walked  about,  and  stole  my  hens,  that 
by  and  by  I  had  no  hens  left.  And 
then  there  was  Mr.  Weasel  too,  he  crept 
into  the  hen-house  and  sucked  up  the 
eggs,  and  then  Dorty  had  nothing  left, 
no  hens  and  no  eggs." 

"  But  Anna  does  not  know  Mr.  Weasel, 
Dorty;  but  Mr.  Fox,  Anna  has  a  story- 
book, and  there,  and  there  are  hens,  and 
a  barn.  And  the  dog  and  the  fox,  Dorty, 


HARM   DOKTY.  17 

—  I  want  to  tell  you  something ;  Mr.  Fox, 
he  wants  to  steal  the  hens,  Dorty,  and  he 
comes  creeping  along,  softly,  softly,  and 
then  he  is  going  to  spring,  and  then, — 
yes,  Dorty." 

"  But,  Anna,  your  story  is  n't  finished, 
what  does  the  dog  do  ? " 

Anna  laughed  out.  "  No,  Dorty ;  and 
then  comes  the  dog,  and  he  — " 

"  Well,  he  catches  Mr.  Fox  by  the  col- 
lar—"• 

"  No,  Dorty,  by  the  tail !  and  then,  — 
Dorty,  —  and  the  Fox,  he  wants  to  get 
away,  Dorty, —  and  then  —  the  dog  bites 
off  a  piece  of  his  tail,  Dorty." 

"0,  poor  Fox!" 

"  Yes,  but  the  poor  hens !  only  think ! 
When  Anna  looks  at  her  story-book  she 
always  beats  the  old  naughty  fox.  Poor 
little  hens ! " 

"  Come  now,  Anna,"  said  Sophy,  "  little 
Agnes  is  in  her  wagon,  and  we  will  go  to 
the  maple-tree,  and  play  there." 

"  Yes ;  but  first  I  want  to  dance  with 
Dorty  so  much." 


18  LITTLE  ANNA. 

"  With  me  ?     Well,  that  will  be  very 

funny." 

"  But,  Dorty,  you  must  sing  too." 

"  Sing,  too  ?   Well,  take  hold  here ;  now 

we  '11  dance  and  sing.- 

"  Fallera,  fallera, 
See  this  happy  little  girl, 
See  how  she  can  dance  and  twirl, 
Right  and  left,  left  and  right, 
She  can  set  her  feet  so  light, 
Fallera,  fallera." 

Anna  laughed.     u  Once  more,  Dorty." 
"  No,  no,  Anna,  no  more  now ;  or  else 
you  will  be  'dizzly/  as  you  call  it,  and 
tumble  down.     So  now  good  by." 


CHAPTER    IV. 

LUNCHEON. 

SOPHY  took  little  Agnes  to  the  maple- 
tree  ;  Anna  trotted  along  behind,  or  ran 
on  in  front,  picked  up  pretty  little  stones, 
looked  at  the  toads  that  hopped  along 
the  path,  or  watched  the  bees  as  they 
flew  about  busily,  visiting  the  flowers. 
Anna  was  still  standing  looking  about, 
when  Agnes  and  Sophy  had  been  gone 
out  of  sight  a  long  time;  there  was  so 
much  to  see,  —  little  ants  running  up  on 
the  blades  of  grass,  black  flies  that  buzzed 
all  round  Anna's  hat,  and  mosquitoes  that 
wanted  to  bite  her.  Then  a  pretty  cater- 
pillar came  creeping  very  fast  across  the 
path,  and  Anna  must  just  see  where  it 
was  going. 

At  last  she  looked  round  for  Agnes  and 
Sophy,  and  then  she  began  to  run,  and 


20  LITTLE   AXXA. 

got  to  the  maple-tree,  with  her  face  all 
red,  and  her  hat  hanging  down  her  back. 
Sophy  was  sitting  there  on  a  bench  be- 
fore a  table,  and  on  her  lap  was  Agnes, 
playing  with  a  box  full  of  hens  and  ducks. 

Agnes  was  delighted  when  her  sister 
came.  She  clapped  her  hands  together 
and  laughed,  and  said,  "  Oa,  Oa."  The 
little  girls  kissed  each  other,  and  then 
Anna  unpacked  all  her  treasures,  —  stones 
and  leaves  and  little  flowers.  Sophy  had 
already  set  out  some  little  dishes  and 
plates. 

"  Sophy/'  said  Anna,  "  now  I  am  going 
to  cook." 

"  So  do,  and  cook  something  real  nice." 

"  But  what  shall  I  cook  ?  " 

"  What  you  like  best, ' —  boiled  rice 
with  raisins  in  it." 

Anna  nodded. 

"  Yes ;  and  there  is  the  rice,  and  there 
is  the  milk,  and  there  are  the  raisins." 

While  she  said  this  she  tore  some  of 
the  leaves  into  little  pieces,  and  put  some 


LUNCHEON.  21 

little  stones  into  a  dish.  She  was  still 
very  busy,  indeed,  when  the  clock  struck, 
ding  dong,  ding  dong,  ten  times.  Anna 
threw  the  leaves  and  stones  away,  slid 
down  off  the  bench  in  a  hurry,  and  said, 
"  Now  my  lunson." 

"  Yes,"  said  Sophy,  "  but  first  let  me  put 
your  hat  on  properly.  What  would  grand- 
mamma think,  if  you  came  in  looking  like 
a  little  wild  gypsy  girl  ?  So,  —  and  now 
shake  all  the  £and  and  leaves  out  of  your 
apron.  Little  apron  was  so  nice  this 
morning,  but  how  it  looks  now  ! " 

Anna  had  no  time  at  all  to  spare,  and 
ran  away  in  a  great  hurry,  as  if  she  was 
playing  soldiers,  and  was  in  great  danger 
of  being  caught  and  made  a  prisoner. 

When  she  ran  into  the  room,  grand- 
mamma said,  "Is  my  darling  coming? 
And  is  she  so  hot,  and  in  such  a  hurry  ?  " 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma ;  I  want  iny  lunson." 

"  And  you  shall  have  it,  little  daughter ; 
but  first  we  will  take  off  our  little  hat, 
and  make  our  hair  smooth,  and  then  we 


22  LITTLE   ANNA. 

will  take   off  the  little  gloves,  and   get 
cool." 

"  Gra'mamma,  I  'm  quite  cool." 
Grandmamma  laughed.  "  Quite  cool  ? 
Now  come,  we  will  lay  the  table  for 
luncheon.  Here  we  will  put  the  dish  with 
pretty  red  strawberries ;  there  we  will 
put  a  big  piece  of  bread,  and  there  — 
there  we  will  put  the  sugar,  which  we 
don't  like  at  all." 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma ;  Anna  loves  sugar." 
"  Indeed  !  Now  my  pet  shall  sit  up  at 
the  table,  and  put  some  strawberries  on 
her  little  plate,  and  then  scatter  some 
sugar  over  them,  nicely  and  sensibly,  like 
a  grown-up  woman.  That 's  right ;  that 's 
a  neat  little  girl." 

"  Gra'mamma !  but  I  'm  a  big  girl.   Ag- 
nes is  a  little  girl,  and  can't  eat  meat." 
"  What  is  our  little  pink  doing  ?  " 
"Agnes  is  playing  with  hens  and  ducks, 
and  Anna  has  been  cooking  rice  pudding. 
But,  gra'mamma,  Anna  is  eating  up  all 
the  lunson." 


LUNCHEON.  23 

"So  do,  dearie;  only  don't  spill  and 
make  spots  on  your  apron.  "When  you 
go  away  again  with  mamma,  wrill  you 
think  of  grandmamma  sometimes  ?  " 

"  But,  gra'mamma,  I  will  stay  here." 

"When  mamma  goes  away  don't  you 
think  she  will  take  her  little  girl  with 
her?" 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma,  but  you  can  go  too. 
Anna  will  take  Alida  in  her  lap,  and 
gra'mamma,  you  can  sit  in  the  little  cor- 
ner where  Alida  was.  Don't  you  know  ? 
And  I  will  give  you  some  of  my  bread 
and  milk;  and,  gra'mamma,  when  we 
came  here,  —  and  there  was  a  gentleman, 
and  he  gave  Anna  a  cake,  and,  gra'mam- 
ma, I  '11  give  you  some  of  the  cake." 

"  Yes,  but  what  if  the  gentleman  with 
the  cake  is  not  there?" 

"Yes,  —  don't  you  see,  gra'mamma? 
Then  we  take  a  cent  and  buy  cake, 
and  then  Anna  breaks  it  in  two,  and  one 
piece  for  mamma,  and  for  Agnes,  and  for 
gra'mamma,  and  for  Anna ! " 


24  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  And  where  shall  we  get  the  money." 

"You,  gra'mamma." 

"  I  ?  0  then  I  must  save  up  very  care- 
fully, so  that  I  may  have  a  cent  for  the 
cake.  Grandmamma  thought  you  would 
give  the  cent." 

"  But  Anna  has  n't  got  any.  Gra'mam- 
ma !  once  there  was  a  cent ;  it  was  mam- 
ma's, and  Anna  had  her  hand  shut  tight ; 
but  then  Anna  played  with  sand,  and 
then  —  then  the  cent  was  gone  ! " 

"What  did  mamma  say  to  that?" 

"Mamma  said  Anna  was  too  little. 
But,  gra'mamma,  we  don't  want  to  talk 
about  that.  I  would  like  another  piece 
of  bread." 

"No,  my  Pussie.  No  more  bread 
now." 

"  Gra'mamma,  but  I  am  hungry." 

"  No  matter,  darling,  we  won't  eat  any 
more  bread  now.  Let  us  look,  —  how 
neatly  the  little  girl  has  eaten  !  All  the 
nice  strawberries  went  into  the  little 
mouth,  and  not  one  on  the  apron!" 


LUNCHEON.  25 

"  Gra'mamma,  I  would  like  another 
piece  of  bread." 

"Now  we  will  put  on  our  little  hat 
again,  and  our  little  gloves,  and  then  we 
will  have  a  kiss  and  a  hug,  and  then  we 
will  go  to  our  dear  little  Agnes,  who  has 
not  had  any  strawberries  at  all." 

"  But  Agnes  cannot  have  them !  when 
Agnes  can  eat  meat,  gra'mamma,  then 
we  will  take  hold  of  each  other  and  run 
very  hard." 

"Then  grandmamma  must  take  good 
care  not  to  be  run  over." 

66  Yes  gra'mamma,  —  now  Anna  is  go- 
ing to  cook  again,  and  make  nice  cakes  of 
sand.  But  we  cannot  eat  them.  Let  me 
tell  you,  gra'mamma,  the  little  lady-bugs 
and  the  little  flies  shall  have  them." 


CHAPTEE    V. 


ANNA  went  under  the  maple-tree  again 
and  played  at  cooking.  She  cooked  for 
all  the  people,  and  for  the  farmer,  and  for 
Dorty.  For  the  farmer  she  cooked  meat 
and  pies ;  for  Dorty  she  made  pancakes ; 
for  the  housekeeper  she  made  cake  and 
jelly,  for  the  gardener,  bacon  and  greens ; 
in  short,  every  person  had  a  nice  dish. 
She  talked  over  everything,  —  how  it 
ought  to  be  done,  and  who  should  have  it, 
and  asked  questions  of  Sophy,  who  gave 
her  good  advice,  and  kept  saying,  u  Anna, 
Anna,  don't  let  the  pancakes  get  burned, 
or  Dorty  won't  eat  them,  she  '11  give 
them  to  piggy-wiggy." 

Anna  was  so  busy  that  she  got  quite 
red  in  the  face.  She  had  a  little  sauce- 
pan for  her  pancakes,  and  she  filled  it 


PLAYING.  27 

with  sand,  put  little  stones  on  the  table, 
and  said,  "Those  are  coals,  —  Anna  saw 
Dorty  do  just  so." 

She  poured  the  sand  out  of  the  sauce- 
pan again,  and  said,  "First  butter  in." 
Then  she  laid  in  a  green  leaf  and  poured 
the  sand  in  again,  put  the  pan  on  the  lit- 
tle stones,  and  moved  it  backwards  and 
forwards,  but  suddenly  she  jerked  the  pan 
up,  and  threw  the  sand  high  in  the  air. 
She  had  seen  Dorty  do  so,  and  it  suc- 
ceeded very  well,  only  the  sand  flew  into 
the  little  girl's  mouth  and  eyes,  for  her 
little  mouth  was  open  because  she  was 
laughing.  She  sputtered  and  said,  pite- 
ously,  "Bah!  Sophy." 

"  Yes,  little  tot,  that 's  what  happens 
when  little  children  are  stupid ;  you 
must  n't  throw  sand  up  in  the  air.  Come 
here  to  me,  —  there,  now  it 's  all  right. 
Now  make  another  pancake  if  you  like, 
only  be  handier  about  it.  First  stir  the 
batter  properly,  —  you  forgot  all  about 
that." 


28  LITTLE   ANNA 

"Sophy,  but  how?" 

"  I  '11  show  you.  Here  are  three  little 
white  stones.  Those  are  eggs.  We  '11 
crack  one  on  the  edge  of  the  bowl,  here ; 
that  makes  a  little  crack  in  the  shell ;  — 
so.  Now  we  '11  drop  the  egg  out  of  the 
shell  into  the  bowl ;  crack,  crack,  crack ; 
now  all  the  three  eggs  are  in,  and  wTe  '11 
stir  them  ;  —  where  's  your  little  spoon  ? 
There  it  is,  beat  them  up ;  —  so,  that 's 
enough.  Now  we  '11  put  flour  and  salt  to 
them,  and  stir  them  round  again,  and  then 
we  pour  milk  in,  and  stirabout,  stirabout, 
and  then  the  batter  is  ready.  Now  the 
butter  goes  into  the  pan,  and  set  it  on  the 
fire,  and  pour  in  the  batter, —  don't  you 
see,  —  that 's  nice." 

"Yes,  Sophy  ;  but  Anna  can't  cook 
pancakes  all  my-lone,  Sophy,  —  Anna 
can't." 

"  Sophy  will  show  you ;  see,  we  '11  take 
a  little  plate,  and  lay  it  over  our  pancake, 
and  then  we  '11  hold  the  plate  fast,  and 
turn  the  pan  over,  —  so  ;  now  we  '11  shake 


PLAYING.  29 

him  back  again,  and  cook  the  other 
side." 

Anna  laughed.     "That  went  nice." 

Happy  little  Agnes  looked  about,  said 
"  Nium  nium,  gloo  gloo,"  and  other  pretty 
sounds.  Sometimes  she  said,  "  pa,  pa,  pa," 
pounded  her  little  fists  on  the  table, 
looked  at  her  hens,  and  threw  them  on 
the  ground,  or  dashed  amongst  Anna's 
cooking  things,  and  carried  off  something. 
Then  Anna  would  cry,  "  Ah  !  Agnes  that 's 
mine  " ;  but  she  was  so  busy,  she  had  n't 
time  to  trouble  herself  much  about  it. 
After  she  had  played  a  little  while,  Anna 
said,  u  Sophy,  but  what  is  that,  that  keeps 
whistling  and  chirping  so  ?  " 

"Those  are  the  dear  little  birds  flying 
about  in  the  bushes,  that  make  that  noise. 
But,  look  out,  what 's  coming  there  ?  " 

A  large  cat,  with  greenish  eyes,  came 
creeping  towards  the  bushes,  putting  down 
her  feet  slowly  and  softly. 

"  Now,  Anna,  who  's  that  ?  What  does 
mamma  call  her  ?  " 


30  LITTLE   ANNA. 

«  That 's  Madam  Creep-softly ! " 

"  To  be  sure ;  but  who  else  is  coming  ? 
Madam  Creep-softly  had  better  take  care." 

"  That  is  Potly,"  said  Anna. 

"  Potly  ?  Anna,  is  that  the  dog's  name?" 

Anna  did  n't  answer. 

"  Anna,  can't  you  say  Pollux  ?  Try  and 
say  Pollux." 

Before  Anna  could  answer,  Pollux 
sprang  out,  and  tried  to  catch  the  cat. 
Pussy  sprang  up  into  the  nearest  tree,  the 
birds  flew  off,  and  Pollux,  looking  very 
much  disappointed,  stood  at  the  foot  of 
the  tree,  barking ;  while  the  cat  sat  on 
the  branch,  looking  down  at  him  with  her 
green  eyes.  Both  the  children  had  looked 
on,  half  frightened,  when  the  coachman 
whistled,  and  Pollux  ran  off. 

u  Sophy,"  said  Anna,  "  now  please  sing 
Rush,  rush." 

"  Why,  do  you  remember  that  ?  Well, 
now  listen ;  and  you  too,  baby." 

•'Flutter,  flutter,  rush, 
The  bird  flies  to  the  bush ; 
Flutter,  flutter,  rush,  rush ! 


PLAYING.  31 

"  The  cat  steals  round  on  velvet  feet, 
And  wants  a  bird  to  catch  and  eat. 
Hush,  hush,  hush,  hush ! 

"  Then  the  dog  comes  out  so  pat, 
And  all  in  a  minute  flies  at  the  cat, 
Bow-wow,  bow-wow, 
Bow-wow,  wow ! 

"  The  bird  flies  off  again  through  the  sky, 
Up  Avith  the  wind,  to  the  hills  so  high, 
Fal  de  ral,  fal  de  ral, 
Fal  de  ral  —  la  ! 

"  The  cat  she  climbs  to  a  branch  of  the  tree, 
Miau,  miau,  miau ; 
The  dog  at  the  foot  he  tries  to  see. 
Bow-wow,  bow-wow,  bow-wow  ! " 


CHAPTER    VI. 


AFTER  Anna  had  played  a  good  while 
very  happily,  she  said,  "  Now  Sophy,  An- 
na must  have  my  soup." 

"  It  is  not  time  yet,  little  woman.  The 
clock  has  not  struck  two  yet." 

"I  want  my  soup;  I  want  to  go  to 
gra'mamma." 

"Well,  then,  run  away  to  grandmam- 
ma, but  she  will  say  it  is  too  early  yet. 
Set  your  hat  straight  and  put  on  your 
gloves." 

Anna  ran  away  in  a  great  hurry  to  her 
grandmamma,  and  her  first  words  were, 
"I  would  like  my  soup." 

"  Yes,  my  precious,  but  you  have  come 
a  great  deal  too  soon.  Anna  has  got  to 
wait  half  an  hour  longer." 

"But,  gra'mamma,  I  would  like  my 
soup." 


DINNER.  33 

"Darling,  the  soup  is  at  the  fire,  boil- 
ing and  bubbling,  but  it  is  not  ready  yet. 
Then,  when  it  is  ready,  how  very  nice  it 
will  be,  —  nice  soup,  made  with  peas,  and 
grandmamma  told  the  cook  to  put  in  nice 
crumbs  of  toast,  how  many  do  you  think  ? 
one,  two,  three,  four." 

"  Gra'mamma,  I  should  like  so  much  to 
have  my  soup  ! " 

"Four,  five,  six,  seven,  eight,  —  only 
think,  eight  nice  bits  of  toast.  Now 
what  shall  we  do  till  the  soup  is  ready. 
Will  my  Anna  say  the  little  song  abaut 
<My  Dearest  Life'?" 

"  No,  gra'mamma,  Anna  can't  say  that, 
not  one  bit." 

"Not  one  bit?  And  you  sang  it  so 
nicely  yesterday !  Now  begin  it ;  grand- 
mamma likes  to  hear  it  so  much.  Now  —  " 

"No,  gra'mamma,  Anna  cannot  sing 
< My  Dearest  Life/" 

"  Grandmamma 's  sorry  ;  but  I  think 
the  little  girl  will  change  her  mind,  and 
she  '11  come  and  lay  her  little  fat  arms 

2*  C 


34  LITTLE  ANNA. 

and  hands  on  grandmamma's  lap,  and 
she  '11  sing  it  as  nicely  as  Mr.  Lark 
himself?" 

Anna  laughed,  ran  to  her  grandmamma, 
laid  her  arms  upon  her  knees,  and  said, 
a  Gra'mamma,  how  does  it  begin  ?  " 

"' My  dearest  life.'" 

"  Yes ;  now  wait  a  minute." 

"  My  dearest  life, 
Said  the  lark  to  his  wife, 
At  home  you  can  stay, 
While  I  fly  away 
And  get  some  fine  seed 
Our  children  to  feed." 

"  Gra'mamma,  now  Anna  don't  want  to 
say  any  more." 

"  Well,  that  is  quite  enough,  my  pet." 
"  Gra'mamma,  I  would  like  my  soup." 
"  It  '11   come   pretty   soon  now ;    it   is 
boiling,  bubble,  bubble;   then  Charlotte 
will  pour  it  in  our  pretty  little  soup-bowl, 
and  then  the  business  will  be  done.     But 
tell  me  now,  my  pet,  what  sort  of  little 
prayers  did  you  say  this  morning  ?  " 


DINNER.  35 

"  None  at  all,  gra'mamma." 

66  None  at  all.  My  little  Anna  has  not 
thanked  the  good  God,  that  she  slept  so 
sweetly  in  her  pretty  bed,  and  that  God 
took  such  good  care  of  her  and  little 
Agnes?" 

"  Anna  forgot  it." 

"  My  Anna  must  n't  forget  it.  Good 
children  are  always  thankful,  and  never 
forget  to  say  their  thanks.  What  is  the 
little  prayer  you  say  every  morning  ? " 

"  Good  God,  I  thank  thee  I  have  slept 
so  sweetly.  Good  God,  help  me  to  be 
a  good,  pleasant  child,  and  take  care  of 
all  good  people." 

"  Now,  you  see,  that  is  a  lovely  prayer ; 
my  Anna  must  n't  forget  to  say  it.  But 
here  comes  the  soup,  a  delicious  pea-soup, 
with  toast  in  it." 

Anna  was  in  a  great  hurry,  had  her 
apron  put  on,  climbed  up  in  a  chair,  and 
patted  the  table  with  her  hands  in  great 
delight. 

"  Gra'mamma,  Anna  will  eat  it  all  up." 


36  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"Yes,  but  I  must  put  some  first  on 
your  little  plate,  so  that  it  may  not  be 
too  hot,  and  my  child  may  not  be  burned. 
There  is  the  beautiful  soup,  now  eat  it 
neatly  and  not  too  quick,  do  you  hear, 
my  darling?" 

Anna  ate  her  soup  very  neatly  and 
very  contentedly,  but  presently  Ellen 
came  in  with  a  dish  of  spinach,  and 
another  dish  with  a  little  roasted  pigeon. 
Anna  ate  her  soup  in  a  great  hurry, 
and  said,  "  There,  gra'mamma,  now  I  'in 
ready." 

"  Don't  you  want  any  more  soup  ?  " 

"  No,  my  gra'mamma." 

The  good  grandmamma  cut  off  some  of 
the  meat  of  the  pigeon,  as  much  as  was 
good  for  the  little  girl  to  eat,  minced  it 
up,  put  some  spinach  with  it,  and  gave  it 
to  her. 

Anna  was  very  fond  of  pigeon,  and  of 
spinach ;  she  thanked  her  grandmamma, 
and  said,  "But  Anna  will  eat  it  all  up." 

When  she  had  eaten  the  pigeon  and 


DINNER.  37 

the  spinach,  she  said,  beseechingly,  "I 
should  like  to  have  some  more  soup." 

Grandmamma  laughed.  "More  now? 
Well,  to-day  you  may  have  it,  but  you 
must  n't  do  so  again,  to-morrow.  First 
my  Anna  must  eat  her  soup,  and  then 
her  meat  and  vegetables.  Do  you  under- 
stand grandmamma,  my  darling  ?  " 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma,  but  I  am  very  tired." 

"  Very  tired  ?  Little,  silly  thing,  you 
must  be  very  merry,  and  go  out  and  play 
with  Agnes." 

"Dear  gra'mamma,  I  want  to  go  to 
mamma.  Please,  gra'mamma,  Anna  is 
really  very  tired." 

"Yes;  but  first  we  must  wash  our 
hands,  and  the  little  mouth  all  over 
spinach,  —  so ;  now  run  to  mamma." 


CHAPTER    VII. 

THE    STORY. 

ANNA  went  to  her  mamma,  and  was  a 
regular  little  coaxing  puss. 

"  My  mamma,  my  sweet  mamma,  my 
darling  mamma.  Mamma,  I  don't  want 
to  play  with  Agnes  out  of  doors,  I  am 
very  tired." 

"  Our  dear  little  Agnes  is  not  out  of 
doors  any  longer.  She  has  had  her  soup, 
and  now  she  is  in  her  cradle." 

"  I  want  to  give  Agnes  a  little  kiss." 

"  It  is  too  late  now,  Anna  dear ;  your 
little  sister  has  shut  her  eye-peepers  tight, 
and  is  fast  asleep." 

"  How  is  Agnes  asleep,  mamma  ?  So  : 
gloo,  gloo?" 

"  Perhaps  so ;  and  perhaps  Agnes  is 
dreaming  that  by  and  by  Anna  is  going 
to  be  very  pleasant,  and  play  with  her." 


THE   STORY.  39 

"  Yes,  mamma,  but  when  Agnes  can  eat 
meat  and  run  very  hard  —  " 

"  She  cannot  do  that  yet,  but  you  can, 
and  so  you  must  be  very  pleasant,  so  that 
your  little  sister  may  not  be  unhappy 
because  she  is  always  left  behind." 

"  Yes ;  but  Sophy  takes  Agnes  and 
drags  her  in  her  wagon.  Sophy  says,  by 
and  by  she  will  give  us  both  a  ride. 
Mamma,  dear  mamma,  take  me  in  your 
lap.  May  I,  may  I  climb  up  ?  " 

Her  mamma  nodded,  and  Anna  climbed 
up. 

"  That  is  my  precious  mamma." 

"  And  that  is  my  darling  little  Anna." 

"  Mamma,  I  want  a  story ;  please,  dear 
mamma.  Don't  you  know?  —  about  a 
nest,  and  red  flowers,  and  a  bird,  and 
big  stick?" 

"  Always  the  same  story  ?  Well ;  now 
listen  :  — 

"  Once  there  was  a  little  bush,  and  the 
pretty  little  bush  had  red  flowers  and 
green  leaves.  Among  the  red  flowers  and 


40  LITTLE   ANNA. 

the  green  leaves,  hid  low  down,  —  low 
down,  —  was  a  lovely  little  nest,  and  the 
litle  nest  was  made  of  hay  and  moss  and 
feathers,  and  all  sorts  of  things :  and  in 
the  nest  were  four  very  little  bits  of 
naked  birds,  that  had  no  little  feathers 
at  all,  but  they  had  bright,  yellow  beaks, 
that  they  kept  opening  all  the  time  for 
food,  and  their  good  bird  papa  and 
mamma  put  little  seeds  into  their  beaks. 
Then  —  " 

"  Mamma,  now  it 's  coming." 

"Then  there  came  one  day,  one,  two, 
three,  four  boys  along  the  road,  and  one 
of  them  said, '  Now,  I  don't  want  to  play 
any  more,  let 's  look  for  nests,  and  the 
eggs  we  find  we  '11  sell.'  As  he  was 
saying  this  he  looked  into  the  little  red 
bush,  and  there  —  0  dear  !  0  dear  !  — 
there  he  saw  the  little  naked  birds  with 
their  yellow  beaks  wide  open. 

" '  0  ho ! '  shouted  the  boy,  '  come 
here,  here  's  something  to  look  at.  Look 
at  the  little  fellows,  how  they  keep  their 
mouths  open.' 


THE    STORY.  41 

" '  0,  let  them  alone/  said  the  oldest  of 
the  boys,  '  what  do  you  want  to  do  with 
them  ?  You  can't  feed  them ;  the  old 
birds  must  do  that  or  they  11  die.' 

«  '  Well,  but  I  want  the  fun.' 

" 4  Don't  you  know  what  father  said  the 
other  day?  He  said,  Don't  take  nests, 
boys ;  only  think  how  you  would  feel  if 
somebody  took  you  away  from  your  fa- 
ther and  mother,  and  you  had  to  starve/ 

" 4  But  I  meant  to  have  such  fun  with 
the  nest !  What  can  we  do  ?  I  'm  tired 
of  playing.' 

" '  I  '11  tell  you  what.  Mother  wants 
the  paths  in  the  garden  nicely  raked,  let's 
do  that.' 

" '  Well,  for  all  I  care ;  but  you  're  al- 
ways such  a  goose,  you  spoil  all  my  fun  ! ' 

"  He  had  hardly  said  this  when  a  man 
with  a  big  stick  came  out  from  behind  a 
tree,  and  said,  c  And  if  he  had  n't  spoiled 
your  fun,  and  you  had  n't  listened  to  him, 
you  would  have  got  some  good  hard 
blows  from  this  stick  here !  Now  go 


42  LITTLE   ANNA. 

into  your  mother's  garden  and  rake  the 
paths,  and  don't  ever  take  it  into  your 
head  again  to  carry  off  little  helpless 
birds.  You  booby,  you  young  rascal.' 

"  The  boys  went  away  without  speak- 
ing, put  the  paths  in  order,  and  when  they 
had  done,  their  kind  mother  gave  them 
each  a  little  piece  of  money,  and  on  Sat- 
urday, when  the  baker  came,  they  all 
stood  round  his  basket  and  looked  in, 
and  each  bought  a  bun;  and  then  the 
oldest  boy  said,  '  Now  tell  us  which  is 
best,  to  do  a  bad  thing  and  get  beaten, 
or  to  do  something  useful,  and  be  able  to 
buy  buns  ? ' ' 

Anna  laughed.  "  Yes,  mamma !  —  Once 
more,  mamma,  —  please,  dear  mamma, 
once  more  about  the  birds  and  the 
boys." 

"No,  my  darling,  no  more  to-day. 
Now  mamma  will  ploy  a  little  with  her 
daughter,  then  she  must  take  her  sew- 
ing again,  and  Anna  can  play  with  her 
Alida.  Now  give  us  your  little  hand, 


THE    STORY.  43 

so,  now  hold  your  fingers  up,  now  we  '11 

see. 

This  is  Mr.  Thumb, 

This  knocks  down  the  plum, 

This  one  picks  it  up, 

This  one  carries  it  home,  —  and 

This  little  stupid  wee  one,  eats  it  all,  all  up." 

Anna  laughed.  "  Once  more." 
"  Now  let  us  play  hand  over  hand. 
There  lies  mamma's  hand,  and  now  comes 
the  little  fist,  now  mamma,  and  now  An- 
na, and  now  mamma  draws  out  her  hand, 
now  the  little  one,  and  now  Anna  again, 
and  now  there  comes  a  little  mouse,  tick, 
tick,  tick,  and  wants  to  find  a  little  house, 
tick,  tick,  tick,  tick,  tick." 


CHAPTER    VIII. 

THE    DOLL. 

ANNA  sat  with  Alida  in  her  arms  and 
talked  to  her.  "Yes,  my  little  pecious, 
mamma  will  cook  you  some  soup,  —  only 
keep  still,  —  nice,  beautiful  soup,  with 
toast  in  it !  There  now  we  '11  go  to  the 
stove,  and  this  is  the  kitchen,  —  mamma 
has  the  little  saucepan,  and  in  that  she  '11 
cook  the  soup,  and  we  say  roundabout, 
roundabout,  —  mamma  is  that  right?" 

"  No,  Anna,  we  say  stirabout,  stirabout, 
or  the  soup  will  burn." 

"Yes,  stirabout,  stirabout,  or  else  it 
will  burn!  Now  the  soup  is  ready,  and 
there  's  our  bowl,  and  we  '11  pour  it  in, 
and  we  '11  cover  it  up,  so,  only  keep 
still,  —  come,  my  Alida,  eat  your  soup,  — 
come,  come ;  mamma,  Alida  will  not  eat 
her  soup." 


THE   DOLL.  45 

"  Then  Alida  is  certainly  not  well." 

"Yes,  mamma,  and  the  soup  is  very 
nice." 

"You  must  send  for  the  doctor, for  Ali- 
da must  be  ill." 

"Yes,  my  Alida,  my  little  pecious. 
Yes,  mamma  must  get  the  doctor,  and 
he  has  very  bitter  medicine  stuff.  My 
poor  little  Alida !  Mamma  will  tuck  you 
up  in  bed,  and  then  Lisbeth  shall  go  for 
the  doctor.  Now  lie  down,  and  now, 
mamma  is  Lisbeth,  and  runs  for  the 
doctor." 

Anna  went  to  the  door  of  the  room 
and  knocked  at  it,  said,  "  Come  in,"  her- 
self, and  then,  "  Be  so  good  as  come  to 
Alida;  she  sick."  Then  she  murmured 
a  few  words,  as  if  the  doctor  answered, 
and  ran  back  to  her  doll. 

"Doctor  says  poor  little  Alida  must 
take  powder,  —  yes.  Now  mamma  will 
get  the  powder  ready.  Please,  dear  mam- 
ma, give  me  a  piece  of  paper." 

Mamma  gave  her  the  paper,  she  tore 


46  LITTLE   ANNA. 

it  into  little  pieces,  filled  each  piece  with 
sand,  and  then  said :  "  Here  is  the  powder ; 
so,  now  open  mouth  very  wide,  that 's  a 
good  little  daughter !  Does  it  taste  bit- 
ter, — yes,  —  Doctor  has  n't  any  sweet 
powder.  Mamma,  Alida  has  taken  her 
medicine." 

"  Very  well ;  now  take  her  in  your  lap, 
and  tell  her  a  story ;  then  she  '11  be 
better." 

"  Come,  my  little  girl,  mamma  will  take 
you  in  her  lap,  and  tell  you  a  story. 
Once  there  was  —  mamma,  what  was 
there  once  ? " 

"  Once  there  was  a  little  girl,  who  was 
always  asking  questions,  and  calling  to 
mamma." 

••  Xo,  mamma,  not  that,  —  not  that ; 
please  tell  me  what  there  was  once." 

"  Once  there  was  a  man  that  had  n't 
any  gun.  So  he  bought  him  one,  and 
then  he  had  a  gun.  Is  that  right  ?  " 

-  No,  mamma,  that  's  not  right  at  all ; 
something  different,  mamma," 


THE   DOLL.  47 

"Well,   once    there   was   a  little   girl 
whose  name  was  Elise  —  " 

"  Yes,  mamma ;  now  Anna  knows  about 
it.  Once  there  was  a  little  girl,  whose 
name  was  Elise,  who  had  many  pretty 
playthings;  and  once  there  was  a  dog, 
and  there  came  a  little  poor  child,  —  very 
poor,  and  had  n't  any  bread,  and  wanted 
to  pick  violets  and  pretty  flowers,  —  and 
the  dog  —  Bow-wow,  wow,  said  the  little 
dog,  —  and  the  little  girl  cried,  Ow,  ow, 
ow,  —  and  Elise  called  out, '  Ponto,  Ponto, 
you  must  n't  bark/  —  and  the  little  poor 
child  cried,  Boo,  oo,  oo,  —  and  Elise  said, 
'  Ponto  sha'n't  hurt  you ;  and  there  's  my 
pjece  of  gingerbread  for  you,  and  there  's 
a  little  wooden  doll  for  you.'  Yes,  that 
was  a  very  pretty  story." 
"What  does  Alida  say  to  it?" 
"  Alida  has  gone  to  sleep,  mamma." 
"There,  don't  you  see  you  can  tell 
stories  very  nicely.  Alida  has  gone  to 
sleep,  and  has  n't  any  headache,  and  is  n't 
sick  any  more.  Now  sing  to  her,  so  that 
ghe  may  sleep  sound." 


48  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  Rockaby,  baby  —  thy  cradle  is  g'een, 
Father  's  a  nobleman, 
Betty  's  a  keen, 
And  Harry  's  a  drummer  and  drums  for  the  king." 

"  That  was  very  nice ;  but  don't  you 
know  any  more?" 

"  Say,  say,  say,  —  where  sleeps  the  good  dog  Tray  ? 
The  geese  are  sleeping  in  the  shed, 
The  birds  are  sleeping  over  head, 
Say,  say,  say,  —  here  sleeps  little  May." 

"  But  my  doll's  name  is  Alida,  not  May, 
mamma.     Now  she  is  fast  asleep." 


CHAPTER   IX. 

THE   VISIT. 

IN  the  afternoon  came  visitors,  and 
there  were  some  little  girls  with  them, 
all  older  and  bigger  than  Anna,  but  they 
were  all  very  pleasant  to  her.  One  of  the 
children,  whose  name  was  Grace,  took  hold 
of  Anna's  hand,  and  spoke  to  her  very 
pleasantly ;  but  Anna  was  very  still,  and 
did  not  answer  at  all  at  first,  and  at  last 
she  said,  "I  want  to  go  to  mamma,  —  I 
want  to  go  to  gra'mamma, —  I  want  to 
go  to  Sophy  and  Agnes." 

"  0,  Anna,  stay  with  me,"  said  Grace, 
"  we  will  go  in  the  garden  and  run  about, 
and  there  are  birds  and  pretty  flowers." 

u  I  want  to  go  to  mamma." 

"Anna,  only  see  how  the  other  girls 
are  running ;  sha'n't  we  go  run  too.  Won't . 
you  please  come  with  me  ?  " 


50  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  I  want  to  go  to  gra'mamma." 

Grandmamma  had  heard  it  all,  and  she 
came  and  asked,  "  What  does  Anna  want 
of  grandmamma?" 

"Gra'mamma,  I  want  to  stay  with 
you" 

"  Give  one  hand  to  grandmamma,  and 
the  other  to  good  little  Grace,  —  so, — 
now  we  11  walk  a  little  way.  down  to  that 
corner,  but  there  it  goes  down  hill,  down 
hill,  and  grandmamma  can't  go  there,  so 
she  will  stand  still  and  see  you  little  girls 
run  down  the  bank  very  fast." 

"Gra'mamma,  let  us  all  run  together, 
—  you  too." 

"  Grandmamma  can't  do  that,  only  lit- 
tle girls  like  Grace  and  Anna  have  such 
quick  feet." 

"  And  those  other  girls,  too,  gra'mam- 
ma, that  are  running  down  there." 

"  To  be  sure ;  now  grandmamma  will 
let  go  your  hand,  and  then  the  little  girls 
take  tight  hold  of  each  other  and  run 
right  down,  not  too  fast,  so  that  they 


THE   VISIT.  51 

shall  not  tumble,  —  Grace  knows  how. 
There,  now  grandmamma  will  count,  and 
when  she  says  three,  you  run  off,  —  one, 
two,  three ! " 

The  two  little  girls  ran  down  the  hill 
very  nicely,  and  when  they  were  at  the 
bottom  Anna  said,  "  Once  more."  Grace 
was  ready,  and  when  they  came  up  to 
grandmamma  she  kissed  them  both.  Af- 
ter they  had  run  down  again,  the  other 
children  who  came  along,  said,  "Now 
come,  Grace  and  Anna,  let's  play  Fox 
and  Geese." 

"  Come,  Anna,"  said  Grace,  "  let 's  play 
with  them." 

The  children  all  took  hold  of  hands, 
and  made  a  circle,  and  one  little  girl 
stayed  in  the  middle  and  was  Fox,  and  the 
others  danced  round  her  and  sang, 

"  There  stands  the  great  Fox  lox,  —  Fox  lox, 
Great  naughty  Fox  lox, 
Ho,  ho,  hollo ! " 

The  Fox  broke  through  suddenly  and 
tried  to  catch  one  of  the  children,  and 


52  LITTLE   ANNA. 

the  one  he  caught  had  to  go  into  the 
middle.  This  game  amused  the  children 
very  much.  At  last  Anna  sang  with 
them,  —  "  There  stands  Fox  lox,"  —  with- 
out getting  any  further,  but  she  danced 
up  and  down  very  merrily,  and  laughed 
very  heartily. 

After  the  children  had  played  a  long 
while  they  went  into  a  pretty  little  sum- 
mer-house to  get  cool,  and  when  they 
were  quite,  cool  they  had  bread  and  milk 
and  cake,  with  nice  strawberries  and  su- 
gar. 

Anna  got  up  on  her  tiptoes,  and  her 
little  nose  came  just  above  the  edge  of 
the  table. 

"  Gra'mamma,  good  gra'mamma,  —  An- 
na would  like  some  red  strawberries,  they 
would  make  me  so  nice  and  cool." 

Grandmamma  laughed.  "  Yes,  my  pet, 
you  shall  have  some  strawberries.  But 
the  other  children  must  be  helped  first, 
because  they  are  our  visitors,  —  and  my 
Anna  shall  hand  round  the  cake  and 


THE   VISIT.  53 

sugar,  and  ask  the  children  very  pleasantly 
to  take  some.  How  are  you  going  to  do 
it  ?  What  are  you  going  to  say  ?  " 

"  Gra'mamma,  Anna  is  n't  going  to  say 
anything.  Anna  does  n't  know  how." 

"  0  yes,  my  Anna  says,  '  Please,  Grace, 
take  some  cake,  and  you  too,  Fanny ;  take 
some  cake,  little  Mary,'  and  so  to  all  the 
children;  and  when  the  sun  is  very 
bright,  then  grandmamma  will  go  with 
Anna  to  see  these  little  girls,  and  they 
will  say,  '  Please,  little  Anna,  take  some 
cake,  take  some  sugar.'" 

Anna  carried  about  the  plate  of  cake, 
and  afterwards  the  sugar,  very  nicely, 
and  said  "Please  take,"  and  they  were 
all  delighted  with  her. 


CHAPTER    X. 


WHEN  Anna  woke  next  morning,  she 
rubbed  her  eyes  and  looked  round  qui- 
etly, till  Sophy  said,  "  Good  morning, 
Anna ! " 

"Yes,  Sophy,  but  Anna  must  say  her 
prayers  first.  Gra'mamma  said  so." 

"  Certainly,  we  forgot  it  yesterday,  but 
we  will  not  forget  it  again.  Now  fold 
your  little  hands  and  pray." 

"  Good  God,  Anna  has  slept  nicely,  and 
thank  thee  too,  and  will  be  a  good  child, 
and  all  good  people." 

"  Take  care  of  all  good  people ! " 

"Yes,  Sophy,  —  and  all  good  people." 

"  Anna  look  round  here." 

Anna  looked  round,  and  there  was  little 
Agnes  sitting  up  in  her  crib,  as  sweet  as 
ever,  smiling  at  Anna,  and  saying  *0a, 


DRESSING.  55 

Oa,  Agoo,  Agoo."  Anna  laughed  and 
nodded. 

"Sophy,  Agnes  cannot  talk  yet,  but 
when  Agnes  can  eat  meat  then  she  will 
talk,  and  run  too,  Sophy!" 

"  Yes,  Anna ;  but  do  you  know  what  has 
happened  ?  The  sun  has  gone  and  hid 
himself,  so  that  we  can't  find  him ;  that 's 
a  miserable  business.  "We  can't  go  to 
Mann  Dorty's,  to-day,  nor  into  the  garden ; 
we  can't  gather  any  flowers,  nor  pick  up 
any  stones ;  we  can't  see  the  pretty  birds 
and  butterflies  flying  about,  for  it  is  rain- 
ing hard." 

"  Yes,  Sophy ;  but  what  then  ?  " 

66  Come  now,  make  haste ;  we  '11  wash 
and  dress  as  quick  as  we  can,  as  if  we 
were  grown  people,  and  we  '11  be  glad, 
when  we  are  quite  clean.  Grown  people 
are  glad,  too,  when  they  are  clean.  Now 
look  out !  Here  comes  the  water ;  and 
runs  over  head  and  ears,  mouth  and  neck, 
and  down,  down,  —  and  now  we'll  wipe 
it  off." 


56  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  Sophy,  that  was  defful  quick." 

"  Yes,  it  must  go  quick.  Now  fly  round 
and  put  on  your  stockings ;  —  so,  that 's 
sensible.  Who  would  have  other  people 
pull  on  their  stockings  for  them  ?  Anna 
is  growing  a  great  big  girl.  Now  I  '11  tell 
you.  When  you  've  had  your  breakfast, 
and  Sophy  has  swept  the  room  and  put 
everything  in  order,  then  you  shall  come 
in  here  again  and  play  washerwoman." 

"Yes,  Sophy;  but  Anna  must  have 
clothes  to  wash." 

"To  be  sure;  you  shall  have  all  you 
need." 

«  But  what  will  Agnes  play  ?  " 

"  Agnes  will  play  with  her  animals,  and 
build  a  town,  and  look  on,  and  see  whether 
you  wash  clean.  Now  kiss  each  other, 
and  say  good  morning." 

"Yes,  —  Agnes,  dear!  Sophy,  Agnes 
always  opens  her  mouth  when  I  kiss 
her." 

"Very  little  children  always  do  so. 
Now,  let 's  get  dressed  quick  ;  put  on 


DRESSING.  57 

clothes,  and  get  hair  combed.  There, 
now,  the  clothes  are  on,  and  here  conies 
the  comb,  he  '11  scratch  us  a  little." 

"  But,  Sophy,  —  not  scratch ! " 

"  We  '11  see  what  he  '11  do ;  he  's  in  a 
great  hurry.  Now  he  's  coming ;  down 
hill,  down  hill,  —  don't  you  know  ?  Down 
hill,  down  hill,  —  down  to  the  bottom. 
0  how  softly  he  goes." 

"Yes;  but  Sophy,  he  did  hurt  a  lit- 
tle." 

"Did  he  though?  Yet  he  went  so 
softly." 

"Yes;  I  suppose  he  must  scratch  a 
little.  He  can't  help  that." 

"  Now  gown  and  little  apron.  And  now 
we  look  like  a  dear  little  daisy,  all  red  and 
white.  Now  go  to  mamma  and  grand- 
mamma." 

"  First,  I  give  Agnes  another  little  kiss. 
My  little  darling!  —  my  little  monkey! 
Now  Anna  go  to  mamma  and  gra'mamma. 
Good  by  Agnes." 

"  There,   go  ;    and  when  breakfast  is 

3* 


58  LITTLE   ANNA. 

ready  I  '11  call  you.  Don't  tease  mamma 
and  grandmamma  about  breakfast,  for  it 
won't  be  ready  till  Sophy  calls  you.  Be 
a  good  little  daughter." 


CHAPTER   XI. 


WHEN  mamma  had  had  her  morning 
kiss,  she  said  to  Anna :  "  Well,  my  pet, 
was  not  yesterday  a  pleasant  day  ?  —  so 
many  nice  children,  and  all  playing  so 
kindly  with  Anna." 

"Yes,  mamma;  and  there  was  Grace, 
—  and  mamma,  there  was  a  great  fox- 
lox,  and  Anna  danced  with  them;  yes, 
mamma." 

"And  was  my  little  daughter  fox-lox 
too  ?  " 

"  No,  mamma,  —  was  n't  fox-lox  at  all. 
Fox-lox  ran  so  foorious,  —  Anna  could  n't 
run  so  hard,  mamma." 

"What  did  the  children  sing?" 

" '  Great  Fox-lox '  they  sang." 

"  Now  mamma  will  tell  you  something ! 
Some  day  when  it  is  beautiful  weather, 


60  LITTLE   ANNA. 

and  my  Anna  is  a  good  little  girl,  then 
grandpapa  will  say,  <  Thomas,  put  the 
horses  to  the  carriage/  and  then  Anna 
will  have  on  her  white  dress,  and  her  little 
jacket,  and  put  on  her  hat,  and  grand- 
mamma will  put  on  her  bonnet,  and  mam- 
ma too ;  and  we  will  all  get  into  the  car- 
riage, and  drive  to  the  place  where  little 
Grace  lives  with  her  papa  and  mamma." 
"  But  grandpapa  is  not  here." 
"  Grandpapa  is  coming  to-night,  —  good 
grandpapa,  is  n't  Anna  glad  of  that  ? 
When  we  get  there,  Grace  will  come  to 
the  carnage,  and  call  out, 6  Anna,  Anna, 
are  you  there,  my  dear,  dear  Anna  ? '  and 
then  Anna  will  get  out  of  the  carriage 
and  kiss  Grace,  and  be  very  glad  to  see 
her,  and  then  both  the  children  will  run 
into  the  house." 

"  Yes  mamma !  what  else,  mamma  ?  " 
"When  the  children  are  in  the  house, 
Anna  will  give  her  hand  to  Grace's  mam- 
ma and  say, '  How  do  you  do  ? '  to  every- 
body, like  a  polite  little  girl.'* 


MAMMA.  61 

"Yes,  mamma;  but  if  strange  man  is 
there,  then  not." 

"  Certainly.  Why  not  ?  Good  children 
speak  civilly  to  everybody." 

"  What  else,  mamma  ?  " 

"  Grace  and  Anna  take  hold  of  hands, 
and  go  in  the  garden,  and  look  at  the 
pretty  flowers,  but  don't  touch  them ; 
and  they  hear  the  little  birds  sing  so 
sweetly,  and  see  the  swans  swim  so  pret- 
tily on  the  pond ;  then  the  other  children 
come  too,  and  they  all  play  hide  and 
seek.  My  little  bit  of  a  girl  creeps  under 
a  bush,  and  keeps  as  still  as  a  mouse,  and 
then  the  others  cry  out, '  Anna  cry  coop ' ; 
then  Anna  calls  in  a  very  small  voice, 
'  Coo,  coo  ! '  and  the  others  run  about,  and 
can't  find  the  little  girl  anywhere.  '  Where 
is  Anna,  —  where  can  she  be  ?  0,  she  is 
not  here ;  she  must  have  gone  home 
again.'  Then  Anna  will  call  again, '  Coo, 
coo  ! '  '  That  was  Anna  !  that  was  Anna ! 
Well,  she  's  here,  now ;  let 's  look  for  her 
again ;  *  and  the  children  look  and  look 


62  LITTLE   ASXA. 

and  look,  and  at  last  they  come  to  the 
little  bush,  and  Grace  says, '  What  is  that  ? 
—  there  is  something  white ' ;  and  then 
the  children  come  trooping  along,  and 
push  through  the  bushes,  and  call  out, 
6  There  she  is,  there  she  is.' " 

"  Yes,  mamma ;  but  the  children  won't 
tumble  Anna  over,  will  they,  mamma  ?  " 

"  Dear  no  !  The  children  will  laugh, 
and  be  so  glad  to  find  little  Anna,  and 
Anna  will  laugh,  and  say,  '  You  could  n't 
find  me  at  all.' " 

"  Yes,  dear,  good  mamma ;  but  what 
next?" 

"  You  want  more  ?  When  the  children 
have  played  long  enough  in  the  garden, 
they  will  say,  <  Anna,  would  you  like  to 
see  the  doves,  and  the  hens,  and  the 
ducks  ?  Come,  Anna,  we  '11  carry  some- 
thing with  us  for  them  to  eat,  and  you 
shall  give  them  some.  Would  you  like 
to  do  it  ? '  My  little  daughter  nods,  and 
looks  pleased,  and  the  children  get  a 
basket  full  of  corn  and  crumbs,  and  they 
all  run  with  Anna  to  the  poultry-yard." 


MAMMA.  63 

"  Yes,  mamma ;  but,  mamma,  Sophy 
does  not  come.  I  am  very  hungry;  I 
should  like  my  breakfast." 

"  Yes ;  but  first  we  '11  feed  the  doves, 
and  the  hens,  and  the  ducks,  and  then 
Anna  shall  be  fed  too.  The  biggest  of 
the  girls  opens  the  door  of  the  hen-house, 
and  the  children  go  in,  and  then  it 's  all 
chirp,  chirp,  cluck,  cluck,  gobble,  gobble, 
snap,  snap ;  and  Anna  laughs  and  gets 
a  little  frightened  too.  Then  the  children 
say,  ' Anna,  don't  be  afraid ;  the  hens  and 
the  ducks  are  very  happy ;  you  throw 
them  something.'  Then  my  little  daugh- 
ter throws  some  corn  right  and  left,  and 
the  nice  birds  snap  and  eat  it  all  up.  Do 
you  know  who  says  quack,  quack  ?  That 's 
what  the  ducks  say." 

"Yes,  but  mamma,  —  to-day  the  sun 
shines  so  bright." 

"  To-day  Thomas  and  the  horses  are 
going  to  bring  home  good  grandpapa; 
and  don't  you  see  it  is  raining?" 

"  Anna,  Anna,  your  breakfast  is  ready ! " 


G4:  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  Mamma,  mamma,  Sophy  called.  Now 
Anna  must  run." 

"Well,  little  fly-away!  No  kiss  for 
mamma  ?  Yes,  I  thought  so.  Now  run 
away,  —  and  tell  Sophy  to  bring  Agnes 
to  me,  when  she  has  had  her  breakfast." 


CHAPTER   XII. 

GREAT   WASHING-DAT. 

AFTER  Anna  had  done  her  breakfast, 
Sophy  said,  "There,  Anna,  now  Sophy 
will  take  away  the  breakfast  things,  and 
meantime  you  can  put  away  your  play- 
things, for  they  were  left  all  about  yes- 
terday, because  those  little  girls  came. 
When  I  come  back,  you  shall  play  wash- 
woman." 

Anna  got  together  all  the  playthings, 
and  laid  them  in  the  little  cupboard,  and 
the  big  ones  that  could  not  go  into  the 
cupboard,  she  put  into  the  corner  where 
they  were  kept.  When  Sophy  came 
back  it  was  all  done,  and  she  said: 
"Very  good;  now  bring  your  doll's 
clothes,  and  here  are  some  of  Agnes's 
little  things,  and  there  's  an  apron,  and 
there's  another,  and  a  handkerchief  of 


66  LITTLE   ANNA. 

Sophy's ;  —  there  's  enough  for  a  wash,  — 
put  them  all  in  a  heap  here  by  the 
bureau,  —  here's  the  wash-room." 

«  There,  Sophy,  it 's  all  there." 

"  Well,  now  we  '11  count  our  clothes, 
come  here.  One,  two,  —  you  must  count 
too.  Now,  once  more.  One,  two,  three, 
four,  five,  six,  seven,  eight,  nine,  ten, 
eleven,  twelve  pieces!  There,  my  dear 
wash-woman,  you  must  bring  them  all 
home  safe.  Now  the  wash-woman  will 
put  them  all  into  a  tub  and  pour  water 
over  them,  and  soak  them." 

"  But  there  is  no  tub." 

"  We  '11  take  the  great  bowl  here,  but 
be  a  careful  little  wash-woman,  don't  spoil 
anything." 

"  There,  Sophy,  —  but  Anna  has  no 
water." 

"We  don't  want  any  water,  —  here, 
take  the  pail  and  run  to  the  well,  and 
make  believe  draw  some  water,  and  make 
believe  pour  it  out.  We  won't  have  real 
water,  for  then  the  wash-woman  would 
get  all  wet." 


GREAT   WASHING-DAY.  67 

«  Where  's  the  well,  Sophy  ?  " 

"  Here  at  the  window,  where  the  flow- 
er-pots are,  here  under  the  beautiful 
trees.  Now  fetch  a  great  deal  of  water, 
and  pour  it  over  the  clothes,  and  when 
you  have,  done  that  call  me." 

"  Sophy,  now  it 's  done." 

"Yes,  my  dear  wash-woman,  now* you 
must  make  some  fire,  and  put  the  kettle 
on  and  boil  some  water.  Here  are  some 
little  bits  of  wood  to  make  your  fire,  and 
then  wash-woman  must  bring  the  kettle 
out  of  the  cupboard,  and  put  it  over  the 
fire,  and  fill  it  with  water,  and  make  it 
boil  nicely." 

"  Yes,  Sophy."  Anna  ran'  busily  back- 
ward and  forward,  and  at  last  she  said, 
"Now  it's  quite  hot." 

"Very  well,  wash-woman.  Now  pour 
the  water  into  another  tub  and  put 
some  soap  in." 

"  Got  no  soap." 

"  Here 's  a  stone,  that  will  do  for  soap, 
stir  the  soap  round  in  the  water  ever  so 


68  LITTLE   ANNA. 

much,  then  bring  some  clothes  out  of  the 
other  tub,  and  wring  them  out  and  wash 
them." 

u  But  Anna  can't  wring  them." 
"  Dear  little  wash-woman,  don't  be  stu- 
pid ;  pick  up  one  of  the  things,  take  hold 
of  it  so,  and  wring  the  water  out,  —  not 
so  slow  as  that,  mercy  on  us,  you  must 
fly  round  like  the  wind." 

"  This  way,  Sophy,  this  way  ?  " 
"  First-rate,  little  woman,  that 's  right." 
"  Sophy,  now  there  's  nothing  more." 
« Very  well,  now  we  '11  begin  to  wash 
them.     This  is  the  way  to  wash  them, 
and  what  you  've  washed  you  '11  lay  over 
here." 

"  Sophy,  now  wash-woman  has  washed 
everything." 

66  That 's  a  splendid  little  wash-woman, 
now  let 's  get  some  more  water  and  put 
the  clothes  into  that,  and  then  it  will  be 
night,  and  wash-woman  will  go  to  sleep, 
and  when  she  wakes  up  she  can  do  some 
moTe." 


GREAT   WASHING-DAY.  69 

"  Yes,  Sophy,  but  where  does  wash-wo- 
man sleep."  I 

"  Wash- woman  can  sit  here  in  her  chair, 
she  does  n't  lie  down  on  the  floor ;  she  is 
too  neat  for  that."  \ 

"Sophy,  now  wash-woman  is  asleep; 
only  hear  her  snoring!" 

"  Only  let  her  sleep  sound,  so  that  she 
may  be  strong  to  do  her  work." 

"Sophy,  now  wash-woman  has  waked 
tip,  and  what  next." 

"  Now  we  '11  go  to  the  pond  and  rinse 
out  the  clothes.  Look  here,  shake  it  this 
way  and  that,  this  way  and  that." 

Anna  laughed.     "  What  next  ?  " 

"  Now  we  '11  wring  the  water  out 
again,  and  Sophy  has  a  fine  long  string ; 
we  '11  fasten  it  here,  and  then  over  there, 
and  that  will  be  our  clothes-line,  —  we  '11 
hang  the  clothes  on  the  line,  and  then 
the  wind  will  blow  them,  and  the  sun 
will  shine  upon  them,  and  they  will  get 
quite  dry." 

"  But,  Sophy,  but  it  rains." 


70  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  Not  here  where  we  are,  —  we  Ve  got 
the  sunshine." 

"Sophy,  I  want  to  go  out.  Anna 
does  n't  want  to  play  wash-woman  any 
more." 

"  Goodness  me !  what  would  people  say 
if  wash-woman  was  to  run  away.  First 
we  must  finish  our  work.  Sophy  will 
help  you  hang  out  the  clothes ;  only  be 
quick." 

"Now  they  are  all  hung  out.  But 
Sophy,  Anna  does  n't  want  to  do  it  any 
more.  I  want  to  go  in  the  garden." 

"  Well,  wait  till  we  've  done.  Then  So- 
phy will  open  the  window,  and  put  her 
nose  out,  and  say,  Does  it  rain  ?  and  then 
a  great  drop  of  rain  falls  on  her  nose,  and 
she  says,  0  dear,  0  dear,  we  can't  go  yet !" 

"  But  it  is  n't  raining  any  more  !  " 

"  Now  we  '11  take  in  the  clothes,  and 
lay  them  all  together,  —  so,  and  so,  —  and 
now  we  '11  go  to  the  mangle,  and  mangle 
them.  Anna's  chair  is  the  mangle,  and 
here  is  a  round  stick  of  wood,  that  will 


GREAT   WASHING-DAY.  71 

do  for  the  roller.     Now,  see,  —  this  is  the 
way,  —  up  and  down,  backward  and  for- 
ward, —  don't  you  see  how  nice  it  is  ?  " 
"  I  want  to  go  in  the  garden." 
"  Now  we  have  done  mangling,  we  '11 
do  a  little  ironing.     Go  to  the  cupboard, 
and  get  your  little  flat-iron.     Look  here ; 
now  you  iron  so,  and  make  it  all  very 
smooth.   What  do  you  say  to  that  ?   Is  n't 
it  lovely?" 

"  Don't  want  to  do  it  any  more,  Sophy." 

"  Now  listen.     You  be  an  industrious 

little   girl,   and   presently  it  will   strike 

ding,  dong,  ding;    and  you  will  run  to 

grandmamma  and  get  your  luncheon." 

"  Anna  is  quite  ready  now,  Sophy,  and 
it  is  striking  ding,  dong,  ding ;  please 
open  the  door,  Anna  must  run." 


CHAPTER    XIII. 

GBANDPAPA. 

THE  next  morning  Sophy  said,  "  Anna, 
Anna,  wake  up,  little  sleepy-head.  Now, 
are  the  little  eye-peepers  open  ?  My 
dear  little  woman,  do  you  know  who  came 
last  night,  after  Anna  was  asleep  ?  " 

Anna  sat  up  in  bed.  She  had  very  rosy 
cheeks,  and  could  not  quite  remember 
anything.  "Grandpapa,''  said  the  little 
girl,  and  laughed. 

"  Of  course,  dear  good  grandpapa ;  and 
he  asked  directly,  "How  are  the  chil- 
dren, how  does  Anna  do  ?  " 

«  Yes,  Sophy." 

"  Now,  come,  quick,  we  must  get  up; 
and  when  we  are  all  spick  and  span  clean, 
then  Anna  will  go,  first  to  mamma  and  to 
grandmamma,  and  then,  —  and  then,  —  to 
good  grandpapa.  What  will  he  say  when 
Anna  comes?" 


GKANDPAPA.  73 

« <  My  little  Anna ! '  —  will  he  ?  " 

"  Yes ;  and  then  grandpapa  will  kiss 
the  little  girl,  and  ask,  'Been  a  good 
child?'" 

"Sophy,  but  Anna  has  not  done  any- 
thing naughty,  and  Anna  has  not  cried, 
Sophy." 

"  No ;  you  Ve  been  a  good  child.  When 
our  little  Agnes  is  dressed,  and  has  had 
her  breakfast,  then  I  will  take  her  to 
grandpapa  too,  and  he  will  be  pleased 
with  the  dear  little  girl." 

"Yes;  but  Anna  can  go  on  her  feet. 
When  Agnes  can  eat  meat,  then  she  will 
run  too." 

u  There  comes  Jenny ;  say '  good  morn- 
ing/ Anna." 

"  Good  morning,  Jenny." 

"Good  morning,  little  Anna;  mamma 
says,  that  when  you  are  dressed  you  may 
go  first  to  grandpapa,  and  then  come  to 
her  and  to  grandmamma." 

"  Yes,  Jenny ;  Anna  will  run  quick. 
Why,  Jenny  is  going  away ! " 


74  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  Jenny  is  helping  mamma  to  dress. 
Keep  quite  still,  Anna,  one  minute  longer. 
What  will  you  do  when  you  go  to  grand- 
papa's door?" 

"  Anna  will  do  so,  —  pound,  pound, 
knock,  knock,  —  'Come  in.1" 

"  Grandpapa  will  say, '  Come  in ' ;  Anna 
needn't  say  that." 

"  But  Anna  must  say  that,  Sophy,  don't 
you  know?" 

"  There,  now  you  're  all  right.  Let  me 
look  a  minute.  Yes;  all  neat  and  trig. 
Agnes  is  waking  up,  speak  to  her  first." 

"My  Agnes,  —  Agnes  do  you  know, 
grandpapa  has  come  ?  Yes,  Anna  is  going 
to  him  'rectly.  Say  grandpapa,  Agnes; 
grandpapa." 

"Pa,  pa,  pa." 

"  Sophy,  Agnes  can  laugh,  but  she  can- 
not speak.  Please,  open  door." 

Anna  ran  eagerly  to  the  door  of  her 
grandpapa's  room ;  then  she  stopped, 
knocked  with  her  little  fingers,  called  out 
"  Come  in,"  and  knocked  again.  Grand- 


GRANDPAPA.  75 

papa  opened  the  door,  "  Come  in,  my 
little  Anna.  How  do  you  do,  my  little 
sweetheart  ?  " 

"  Yes,  grandpapa." 

"  Grandpapa  has  n't  seen  you  so  long, 
—  has  n't  seen  his  little  Anna.  Have  you 
thought  of  grandpapa,  sometimes  ?  " 

"  Yes,  grandpapa ;  but  Anna  has  played 
in  the  garden,  —  and  to  see  Dorty,  —  and 
strange  children,  —  and  wash-woman, — 
and  grandpapa,  going  to  see  strange  chil- 
dren, with  big  horses,  —  and  with  Thomas 
and  with  gra'mamma*  and  rnamma,  and 
then,  grandpapa." 

"  Bless  me !  —  but  come  now,  and  sit 
down  by  me.  How  does  our  dear  little 
Agnes  do  ?  " 

"Agnes  can't  say  'grandpapa';  she 
always  says  Pa,  pa,  pa,  pa,  —  and  she  can- 
not run  at  all." 

"Agnes  can  be  good  and  sweet,  and 
that  she  is,  is  n't  she,  my  Anna  ?  " 

"Yes,  grandpapa  ;  and  when  Agnes  is 
bigger  —  Grandpapa,  but  what  is  that  ?  " 


76  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  What  do  you  mean  Anna  ?  " 
"What  stands  there,  though?" 
"Why,  look,  there  stand  two  pretty  little 
sheep,  that  have  real  wool  and  eyes,  and 
little  red  mouths ;  and  they  will  move  on 
wheels." 

Anna  laughed,  —  "  Yes,  grandpapa ;  but 
what  then  ?  " 

"  Look  here ;  here  is  a  dog,  and  when 
I  do  so,  the  dog  says,  'Bow-wow,  bow- 
wow '  —  " 

"  Yes,  grandpapa ;  but  what  then  ?  " 
u  And  here  is  a- little  goat  which  has 
horns,  and  when  Anna  takes  hold  there, 
the  goat  says,  '  Baa,  baa.'     What  do  you 
say  to  that  ?     Is  n't  it  very  pretty  ?  " 
"  Yes,  but  what  then,  grandpapa  ?  " 
«  What  then  ?     Nothing  more  ?  " 
"  Grandpapa,  hear  me  ;  dear  grandpapa 
I  want  to  tell  you ;  —  did  you  bring  them 
for  Anna,  grandpapa  ?  " 

"  For  Anna  ?  Has  grandpapa  got  only 
one  little  granddaughter?" 

"No,  Agnes  too;  but,  but  grandpapa, 


GRANDPAPA.  77 

can  Anna  have  the  sheep?  Please,  my 
grandpapa ! " 

"  Do  you  like  the  sheep  so  very  much  ?  " 

"Yes,  sheep  have  nice  wool,  and  say 
Baa.  Grandpapa,  dear  grandpapa,  Anna 
would  like  to  have  the  sheep." 

"  Anna  shall  have  one  little  sheep,  and 
the  goat  beside,  and  Agnes  will  have 
the  other  sheep  and  the  dog,  for  goats 
have  horns  and  Agnes  is  so  little  she 
might  put  the  horns  into  her  dear  little 
eyes." 

"  Yes,  grandpapa ;  but  Anna  likes  the 
dog  too,  very  much." 

"  Then  give  both  the  sheep  to  Agnes, 
and  you  can  have  the  dog  and  the  goat." 

"  But  Anna  wants  to  keep  the  sheep." 

"Very  well;  then  one  sheep  and  the 
goat  are  for  Anna,  and  the  other  sheep 
and  the  dog  we  will  put  over  here  for 
little  Agnes.  But  has  n't  my  little  girl 
forgotten  something?" 

"  Yes,  grandpapa ;  thank  you,  dear 
grandpapa." 


78  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"That's  right,  my  pet;  but  who  is 
knocking  at  the  door  ?  Say, '  Come  in. ' " 

Anna  said,  "  Come  in,"  and  Sophy  came 
in  with  little  Agnes  on  her  arm.  Grand- 
papa went  to  meet  the  baby,  who  laughed, 
clapped  her  hands,  and  said,  "  Pa,  pa." 

"Has  dear  little  Agnes  come  to  see 
grandpapa?  Come,  here,  my  darling, 
grandpapa  has  brought  something  for  the 
good  child.  Does  Agnes  want  to  see  ? 
Yes  ?  Only  look,  here  is  a  sheep,  that  is 
for  Agnes ;  and  here  is  a  dog  for  Agnes 
too." 

Agnes  reached  out  for  the  dog,  looked 
at  Sophy,  and  said,  smiling,  "  Bow-wow ! " 

"  Yes,  baby,  it  is  a  bow-wow  dog." 

"  Agnes,  Anna  has  a  sheep  and  a  goat. 
Agnes,  the  sheep  has  wool,  though;  do 
you  see  ?  " 

Agnes  leaned  down  towards  Anna,  and 
pounded  her  on  the  head  with  her  dog, 
and  laughed,  as  if  she  wras  delighted. 
Anna  laughed  too,  and  the  children  kissed 
each  other. 


GRANDPAPA.  79 

"  Agnes,"  said  Sophy,  "  you  must  thank 
grandpapa.  Say  Da,  da  5  —  you  can  say 
that." 

Agnes  put  out  her  lips  to  her  grand- 
papa, and  he  kissed  her  very  lovingly. 

"  Is  that  the  way  you  say,  Thank  you, 
my  little  girl  ?  Grandpapa  likes  it  very 
much/' 

"  Grandpapa,  but  Anna  said,  Thank 
you,  though." 

"Yes,  Anna  can  say  so;  and  she  will 
give  grandpapa  a  kiss  too  —  so.  Now 
listen,  here  is  something  curious.  Grand- 
papa has  brought  a  box  full  of  little  sweet 
sugar  cakes.  What  shall  we  do  with 
them  ?  " 

"  But,  grandpapa,  —  but,  dear  grandpa- 
pa, we  will  eat  them  up." 

u  Ah,  hah !  but  mamma  does  not  like 
for  Anna  to  eat  cake." 

"  But,  grandpapa,  —  a  little  bit,  my 
grandpapa ;  —  so  little,  though." 

"  I  will  tell  you ;  there  is  the  box,  run 
with  it  to  mamma,  and  tell  her  grand- 


80  LITTLE   ANNA. 

papa  has  brought  cakes,  and  he  would 
like  that  Anna  should  have  one  little 
cake  if  mamma  is  willing." 

"Yes,  grandpapa,  Anna  will  run  right 
away  to  mamma, —  but  Agnes?  She 
must  have  a  cake  too,  though?" 

"Mamma  will  not  allow  that.  Agnes 
is  too  small.  The  dear  little  baby  is 
playing  with  her  animals  and  does  not 
care  about  cake.  Now  run  away  both 
of  you.  Grandpapa  will  come  and  see 
you  by  and  by  when  you  are  playing  in 
the  garden." 


CHAPTER    XIV. 

THE    CAKES. 

ANNA  ran  to  her  mamma,  and  was  in 
such  a  hurry  that  she  could  scarcely 
speak.  "  Mamma,  marnma,  and  there  are 
pretty  animals,  and  mamma,  and  here, — 
but,  dear  mamma,  there  are  cakes,  and 
grandpapa  would  like  so  much  that  Anna 
should  have  one  cake,  mamma." 

"Let  me  see,  my  darling,  what  sweet 
little  animals;  and  a  whole  box  full 
of  cakes !  What  can  mamma  say  to 
that?" 

"Yes,  dear  mamma,  grandpapa  would 
like  so  much  for  Anna  to  have  a  cake." 

"We  must  do  what  kind  grandpapa 
wishes.  So  here  is  a  cake,  little  woman ; 
but  you  will  not  eat  it  now,  my  child ;  we 
do  not  eat  cake  so  early  in  the  morning ; 
at  luncheon,  when  Anna  has  her  nice 

4*  » 


82  LITTLE    ANNA. 

strawberries,  then  she  can  have  the  nice 
cake  too." 

"Mamma,  should  like  to  eat  my  cake 
now." 

"  Mamma  says  no,  no ;  but  by  and  by ! 
That  will  be  great  fun !  Then  Anna  will 
say,  Smack,  smack!  and  the  cake  will 
walk  right  in  through  the  little  mouth 
and  straight  down  red  lane.  Now  go 
to  Sophy;  your  breakfast  is  all  ready. 
Shall  mamma  keep  the  cake,  or  is  Anna 
a  sensible  girl,  that  can  keep  it  herself?" 

"Anna  can." 

"  Very  well ;  here  is  your  little  basket ; 
we  will  lay  the  cake  in  that,  and  then  we 
will  look  at  him  once  more,  to  see  how 
snug  he  lies,  and  then  we  will  take  this 
piece  of  paper,  and  —  quick,  before  any- 
body knows  it  —  we  will  cover  up  our 
cake  so  that  nobody  can  see  him,  and 
there  he  will  stay  in  his  cubby-house  till 
these  little  teeth  bite  him  up  into  little 
bits.  Do  you  understand  mamma?" 

"  Yes,  mamma." 


THE    CAKES.  83 

"  Now  see,  the  paper  is  laid  over,  and 
now  Anna  will  not  peep  in  again.  But 
do  you  know,  my  darling,  that  mamma  is 
not  at  all  pleased  at  your  basket  being 
here  ?  It  belongs  with  your  playthings. 
My  little  girl  must  be  more  orderly. 
Now  go  and  get  your  breakfast." 

Anna  ran  away  with  her  little  basket, 
and  after  she  had  had  her  breakfast,  So- 
phy took  Agnes  to  the  garden,  and  Anna 
took  hold  of  the  wagon  and  helped  to 
drag  it,  talking  with  Sophy  all  the  time. 

They  went  to  Marm  Dorty's,  looked  at 
the  pig,  and  played  with  Prince,  —  who 
was  very  amiable.  He  wagged  his  tail  and 
jumped  upon  Anna,  which  she  did  not 
exactly  like,  and  always  tried  to  defend 
herself,  and  kept  saying,  "  Prince !  down 
Prince  ! "  but  the  more  she  said  his  name 
the  more  the  dog  jumped  upon  her,  and 
Marm  Dorty  laughed  so  much  she  could 
not  call  him  oif. 

At  last  Marm  Dorty  said,  when  she 
had  made  Prince  keep  quiet,  "Anna,  you 


84  LITTLE   ANNA. 

have  never  seen  my  beautiful  kitchen, 
my  bright  pots  and  pans,  my  cups  and 
plates,  would  you  like  to  see  them  all?" 

"Yes,  Dorty,  but  Anna  has  seen  that 
once." 

"  Come,  then."  Anna  gave  her  little 
hand  to  Marm  Dorty,  and  went  with  her 
into  the  kitchen.  Here  she  looked  at 
everything  without  speaking,  till  Dorty 
said,  "Well,  Anna,  what  do  you  say? 
Do  you  like  my  kitchen?" 

"  Yes,  but  what  is  that,  Dorty  ?  " 

"That  big  pot?  That  is  what  Dorty 
boils  her  meat  in." 

"And,  but  that?" 

"That  is  a  pot  that  I  cook  beautiful 
dumplings  in." 

"And  that?" 

"That  is  what  pancakes  are  made  in. 
But  look  at  this  pretty  little  saucepan; 
is  not  that  a  pretty  thing?" 

"Can  Anna  have  that?" 

"Xo,  that  is  the  pretty  little  thing 
Dorty  boils  milk  in  when  she  drinks  cof- 


THE    CAKES.  85 

fee.  Now  we  will  see  what  is  in  the 
store-room.  Do  you  see,  —  there  are 
pans  of  nice  milk,  and  there  is  butter, 
and  here  is  bread,  and  there  are  eggs, 
and  there  hang  bacon  and  tongue.  Do 
you  see  all  that,  my  little  Anna?" 

"  Yes,  Dorty,  Anna  sees  very  well. 
But  who  is  going  to  eat  that?" 

"  Mamma  would  not  be  willing,  or  else 
Dorty  would  like  to  give  you  a  nice  piece 
of 'bread  and  butter,  with  some  bacon  on 
it,  and  give  you  some  milk  to  drink." 

"  No,  Dorty,  Anna  must  not." 

"  No,  no ;  Dorty  knows  very  well  ? 
that 's  a  good  child,  don't  do  anything 
that  mamma  does  n't  allow." 

"  Come,  Anna,"  called  Sophy,  "  Agnes  is 
getting  tired ;  we  will  go  to  the  big  ma- 
ple, and  perhaps  baby  will  have  a  nap." 

The  children  bid  Marm  Dorty  Good 
by,  and  then  they  went  away,  and 
Prince  ran  after  them,  biting  at  Anna's 
frock  and  legs. 

The  wagon,  with  little  Agnes  in  it,  was 


86  LITTLE    ANNA. 

pushed  quite  into  the  shade,  then  Sophy 
put  a  veil  over  the  baby's  face  and  hands 
so  that  the  flies  need  not  trouble  her, 
and  Anna  sat  by  the  table  under  the  tree 
and  played  with  her  animals.  She  let 
the  sheep  eat,  and  the  goat  too,  and 
brought  them  grass  and  leaves,  and 
talked  to  them  a  great  deal. 

Presently  Anna  exclaimed,  "Sophy, 
there  comes  grandpapa!" 

"  Run  to  meet  him  then,  and  bring  him 
here." 

Anna  ran  off  very  happy,  and  soon 
came  back  with  her  grandpapa.  "  Grand- 
papa, you  can  sit  here,"  she  said. 

"Grandpapa  is  quite  tired.  Are  you 
feeding  your  animals,  my  darling?" 

"  Yes,  'grandpapa ;  but,  dear  grandpapa, 
Anna  would  like  to  have  a  ride." 

"Ah,  but  the  horse  is  very  tired. 
Well,  come,  climb  up,  —  now  look  out." 

"  Trot,  trot,  trot, 
Here  come  the  gentlemen  all, 
To  mount  on  their  horses  tall. 
Trot,  trot,  trot-Ptv.  trot! 


THE    CAKES.  87 

Here  come  their  grooms  behind  them, 

To  see  if  they  can  find  them. 

Softly,  softly,  softly ! 

Here  come  the  little  girls  surely, 

On  their  ponies,  pacing  demurely, 

Gallop,  a-gallop,  a-gallop. 

Hurray !  hurray !  hurray ! 

One  horse  is  running  away, 

The  gentleman  tumbling  off, 

Pop !  he 's  down  in  the  grass  so  soft. 

Hurray !  hurray  !  hurray ! 

And  that 's  the  end  of  the  play." 

Anna  laughed  merrily.  "Once  more, 
grandpapa,  please,  dear  grandpapa ! " 

Anna  had  one  more  ride,  and  when 
the  little  rider  fell  off  in  the  grass  again, 
she  said,  "  Once  more,  please,  grandpapa. 
Anna  likes  it  so  much,  once  more,  grand- 
papa." 

"Just  once  more,  but  then  the  horse 
will  be  tired,  and  the  rider  too.  Careful 
now ! " 

When  the  riding  was  over,  Arna 
clapped  her  hands  and  said,  "  That  is 
nice."  Then  the  clock  struck,  ding, 
dong,  and  the  little  girl  ran  away  to  her 
strawberries  and  her  cake. 


CHAPTER    XV. 

PLATING   IN   THE    GARDEN. 

THE  next  day,  mamma  said,  "Anna, 
Agnes  is  asleep,  and  Sophy  has  washing 
to  do ;  you  can  play  in  the  garden  alone, 
with  your  Alida,  and  your  animals.  Mam- 
ma will  show  you  how  far  you  may  go." 

"  But  where  is  Sarlotte  ?  Anna  would 
like  to  play  with  Sarlotte." 

"  Charlotte  is  sewing,  and  must  be  in- 
dustrious for  grandmamma.  Everybody 
must  be  industrious.  Anna  too :  Anna 
must  play  very  industriously,  until  she 
can  do  something  else,  and  to-day  my 
little  girl  can  do  some  work.  There  are 
a  great  many  little  white  and  yellow 
flowers  growing  in  the  grass,  which  grand- 
papa does  not  like  to  have  there  at  all, 
so  my  pussy  will  gather  them  all,  and  be 
very  industrious,  and  grandpapa  will  be 


PLAYING   IN   THE   GARDEN.  89 

delighted.  Pull  your  little  hat  well  on, 
so  that  the  sun  may  not  burn.  There, 
now  come ;  give  me  your  hand.  Mamma 
will  carry  Alida,  and  a  little  basket  for 
Anna  to  put  the  flowers  in,  and  Anna  will 
carry  the  animals." 

When  they  were  in  the  garden,  mamma 
said,  "  Now,  look  here  Anna,  you  may  go 
as  far  as  this  bush,  not  any  farther ;  but 
you  may  go  on  the  grass,  and  gather  the 
flowers.  Do  you  see,  and  do  you  under- 
stand, mamma  ?  Show  me  the  bush  where 
you  must  turn  round." 

"  Here,  mamma." 

"  Yes ;  that  is  right.  Now  mamma  will 
have  a  sweet  kiss,  and  then  she  will  go 
away,  and  her  little  girl  will  play  here  all 
alone,  like  a  sensible  woman." 

"  Yes,  mamma ;  but  with  Alida." 

"To  be  sure ;  mamma  forgot  that  Alida 
is  a  woman  too." 

"  But  Alida  is  Anna's  daughter." 

"  Of  course !  Now  good  by,  Ducky- 
lucky.  Good  by,  Goody  Two-shoes ;  have 
a  nice  time." 


90  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  Mamma,  not  Two-soes." 

"Not  Goody  Two-shoes?  Don't  you 
like  that  pretty  name  ?  What  shall  I  call 
you  ?  " 

"  Mamma's  little  Anna." 

"So  you  are  mamma's  little  Anna,  and 
her  good  little  pet.  There 's  a  good  kiss. 
Now  go  to  work,  and  play." 

When  Anna  was  alone,  she  set  Alida  on 
a  bench,  carried  the  goat  and  sheep  to  the 
grass  plat,  and  began  to  talk  to  them. 

'-  Now  my  little  sheep,  are  you  very 
hungry  ?  0  dear,  please  keep  still !  Here 
is  some  nice  grass,  nice  and  green;  my 
little  sheep,  you  can  eat  it,  but  not  eat 
too  much,  or  else  you'  11  have  the  stomach- 
ache, and  Doctor  wrill  come.  But  Doctor 
is  very,  very  big,  —  as  big  as  the  house ! 
—  and  he  has  bitter  medicine.  —  Yes,  my 
good  little  sheep,  —  but  Doctor  shall  not 
come ;  we  will  not  eat  so  much,  —  no. 
Now,  come  my  little  goat,  mamma  will 
put  you  here  by  this  little  bush ;  you  can 
eat  the  leaves  —  nice  green  leaves  !  But 


PLAYING  IN  THE  GARDEN.     Page  90. 


PLAYING   IN   THE   GARDEN.  91 

you  must  not  push  sheep  with  your 
great  horns.  0  no ;  Billy-goat  must  not 
do  that.  Do  you  hear,  my  goat,  —  my 
little  Billy.  There,  now;  mamma  must 
pick  some  flowers ;  everybody  'dustrious, 
and  Anna  too,  —  yes." 

Now  Anna  began  to  pick  the  flowers ; 
she  was  very  busy,  and  did  not  let  herself 
be  disturbed,  except  by  the  birds  which 
flew  over  her  head,  and  made  her  look 
after  them,  or  by  the  little  busy  bees, 
which  buzzed  about,  crept  into  the  flow- 
ers, and  hummed  so  loud.  But  when  a 
toad  came  hopping  through  the  grass 
towards  her,  she  was  afraid,  and  cried  out, 
"  No,  no,  toad  !  0  don't ! "  and  ran  away 
until  the  toad  was  out  of  sight. 

Anna  went  on  very  steadily  until  she 
had  filled  her  little  basket,  and  wanted  to 
empty  it.  She  ran  towards  the  house,  and 
found  a  tin  box  which  was  set  out  to  air. 
The  lid  was  open,  so  that  the  sun  might 
shine  in.  Anna  peeped  into  the  box, 
whispered  something  to  herself,  and  then 


92  LITTLE   AXNA. 

she  poured  the  flowers  into  the  box, 
patted  them  all  down  with  her  little 
hands,  and  said,  "  Now  get  more  " ;  and 
ran.  back  to  the  flowers. 

Anna  ran  backwards  and  forwards  in 
this  way  several  times,  until  she  began 
to  be  tired.  Then  she  shook  and  stirred 
round  the  flowers  in  the  box,  and  said, 
"  There,  now ;  go  to  sleep.  Now,  that 's 
right."  Then  she  brought  Alida,  and  said, 
"  Come  here,  little  Alida,  mamma  has 
made  your  bed,  all  soft;  there,  —  there. 
Now  baby  go  to  sleep ;  but  mamma  will 
sing  something,  —  but  what  sing  ?  Yes. 

" '  Lullaby,  aby,  aby, 

Sleep  will  soon  be  coming  here, 
Then  he  '11  take  my  baby  dear, 
Softly  in  his  arms,  and  then 
She  will  go  to  sleep  again, 
Lullaby,  aby,  aby,  —  Lullaby,  aby.' " 

After  Anna  had  sung  this,  —  though 
she  could  not  sing  it  quite  correctly, — 
she  shut  down  the  lid  of  the  box,  and 
came  back  to  her  animals.  Presently 


PLAYING    IN   THE   GARDEN.  93 

came  Jenny,  and  said,  "  Anna,  you  must 
come  into  the  house  now;  your  milk  is 
ready,  and  mamma  says,  you  are  to  be 
quick." 

"  Yes,  Jenny,  Anna  only  wants  to  take 
my  animals  with  me,  dear  Jenny." 

Anna  drank  her  milk  with  Agnes,  who 
was  very  merry,  and  told  a  long  story, 
after  her  own  fashion :  "  Coo,  coor,  croo, 
croo,  da,  da,  pa,  pa,  papa,"  and  plenty 
more  such  words,  which  made  Anna  laugh 
very  much,  and  then  say,  "  Speak  really 
once,  Agnes ;  say  Anna  once,  An-na ! " 
Agnes  laughed  "  Oa !  Oa ! " 

"  Sophy,  there  Agnes  says '  Oa '  again ! " 

"Yes  dear,  baby  cannot  say  it  better 
yet,  but  in  time  she  will.  Some  day  we 
shall  have  her  talking  and  running  about." 

"  Not  running,  —  no  Sophy,  no  ! " 

"  Yes,  some  day  or  other.  Here  is  your 
ball,  play  with  that  a  little  while,  and  then 
it  will  be  bed-time.  Our  baby  is  going  into 
her  nest  now,  is  not  she,  my  sugar-plum  ?  " 

At  night,  when  Anna  was  in  her  bed 
and  had  said  her  little  prayer,  — u  Good 


94  LITTLE  ANNA. 

God,  I  thank  thee  for  everything  nice; 
take  care  of  Anna,  and  all  good  people  "  ; 
—  she  said  suddenly,  "But,  Sophy ;  but 
where  is  Alida  ?  " 

"Alida?  Well,  to  be  sure,  she  is  not 
here  by  the  bed.  I  will  bring  her, — 
where  is  Alida?  I  cannot  find  her  any- 
where. Did  you  put  her  in  the  drawer  ? 
No ;  she  is  not  there.  Where  did  you 
leave  the  dolly,  Anna  ?  " 

"  Yes,  but  Anna  does  n't  know  though." 

"•  Sophy  will  look  in  the  other  room, 
and  in  mamma's  room,  and  grandmam- 
ma's; she  must  be  somewhere  about. 
You  lie  still,  and  don't  disturb  little  sis- 
ter. I  wrill  come  right  back." 

Sophy  came  back :  "  Anna,  mamma 
says  you  took  Alida  into  the  garden.  I 
will  go  out  and  get  her.  Go  to  sleep; 
Sophy  will  put  her  by  your  bed." 

Anna  did  not  wish  to  go  to  sleep,  she 
wanted  to  see  Alida  first,  but  Mr.  Sand- 
man came,  and  shut  her  eye-peepers,  so 
when  Sophy  came  back,  both  the  children 
were  sound  asleep. 


CHAPTER    XVI. 

THE    LOST   DOLL. 

THE  next  morning,  again,  Anna  lay  in 
bed  with  big  eyes,  and  red  cheeks,  and 
said  her  prayer;  and  then  she  looked 
round  and  said,  "But,  Sophy,  where  is 
my  Alida  ?  " 

"Why,  Anna,  I  could  not  find  her. 
Sophy  looked  all  over  the  grass,  and  then 
the  gardener  came,  and  Jenny,  and  at 
last  mamma  and  grandmamma  came  too, 
but  there  was  no  dolly  to  be  found. 
Where  did  you  leave  her,  Anna  ?  " 

"  But  Anna  does  not  know." 

"  Did  you  bury  her  in  the  sand  ?  " 

"No,  Sophy." 

"  But  where  did  you  go  with  her  ?  Did 
you  throw  her  a  great  way  off  in  the 
bushes  ?  " 

"  No,  Sophy ;  Anna  loves  Alida  dearly." 


96  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"Well,  come  now  and  get  dressed 
quick ;  then  you  must  look  for  her  your- 
self. Mamma  is  going  to  sleep  longer,  so 
you  may  go  to  grandmamma  first." 

When  Anna  was  dressed,  she  went  to 
her  grandmamma.  She  looked  very  sober, 
and  was  thinking  sadly  about  Alida.  After 
she  had  said  "  Good  morning,"  she  began, 

"  But,  dear  gra'mamma,  I  want  my  lit- 
tle Alida  again ;  Anna  does  want  her  very 
much." 

"Tell  me,  dearie,  where  did  you  put 
Alida.  Think  a  little  bit,  Anna,  you 
had  Dolly  in  the  garden.  Where  can 
she  be?" 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma." 

u  Come  here,  think  a  minute,  —  did 
you  put  Alida  in  the  bushes?" 

"  No,  gra'mamma,  and  not  in  the  sand." 

"  But  then,  where  is  she  ?  You  must 
know.  The  Dolly  cannot  run  away." 

"Yes,  gra'mamma.  I  want  my  Alida 
very  much." 

"  Thomas  looked  everywhere  this  morn- 


THE   LOST   DOLL.  97 

ing,  and  Jenny,  and  Charlotte  looked  too. 
"When  Anna  has  had  her  breakfast,  grand- 
mamma will  go  with  her  into  the  garden 
to  look  for  Alicia.  Now  go  and  tell  Jen- 
ny that  she  can  bring  the  biscuit-box 
here.  Grandmamma  has  just  got  some 
fresh  biscuit,  and  she  wants  to  put  them 
in  the  bright  clean  box." 

Anna  ran  away  and  came  back  with 
Jenny,  who  brought  the  tin  box. 

Grandmamma  had  the  box  put  upon 
the  table,  and  said,  "  Anna  has  just  been 
washed,  and  her  hands  are  all  clean,  so, 
if  she  is  very  good,  she  shall  get  up  in 
this  chair  and  put  the  biscuit  in  the 
box." 

"  Yes,  gra'mamrna,  dear  gra'mamma." 

"  Grandmamma  must  open  the  lid,  — 
snap  !  —  why,  Anna,  what  is  that  ?  " 

Anna  peeped  into  the  box,  and  grew 
quite  red,  "There  is  Alida!  —  yes,  gra'- 
mamma,—  Anna  did  do  that  too,  —  but, 
gra'mamma,  Anna  did  forget  it." 

Her  grandmamma  laughed.     "  You  lit- 


98  LITTLE   ANNA. 

tie  stupid  thing  !  we  all  hunting  for  your 
dolly,  when  you  had  put  her,  and  the 
grass  and  flowers  and  sand  and  stones,  all 
into  my  nice  biscuit-box,  that  was  set 
out  in  the  sun  to  be  aired  ?  Could  n't 
you  remember  what  a  stupid  thing  you 
had  done  ?  " 

"No,  gra'mamma;  Alida  was  asleep 
there  in  her  bed,  gra'mamma,  }<ou 
know." 

"  Yes,  yes,  grandmamma  can  guess 
what  it  was  all  for.  But  now  what  will 
Thomas,  and  the  gardener,  and  Jenny, 
and  all  of  them  think,  when  you  gave 
them  so  much  trouble  for  nothing?" 

"  Anna  will  give  Thomas  some  money." 

"  Have  you  got  money  ?  " 

"  No,  gra'mamma,  not  any." 

"  How  can  you  give  Thomas  some  mon- 
ey, then,  if  you  have  not  got  any,  stupid 
little  Anna  ?  " 

"Dear  good  gra'mamma,  give  Anna 
money,  please." 

"No,  that  won't  do;   but  we  will  find 


THE   LOST   DOLL.  99 

another  way.  You  remember  grandpapa 
brought  some  cakes  for  somebody.  And 
mamma  gave  them  to  grandmamma  to 
keep ;  now,  what  shall  we  do  with 
them?" 

"  Eat  a  cake,  dear  gra'mamma,  0  yes ! " 

"No,  Anna  dear.  We  will  open  our 
box  and  look,  and  there  are  all  the  nice 
cakes  lying  close  together.  Then  we 
will  take  out  a  cake  for  Thomas,  one  for 
the  gardener,  one  for  Jenny,  one  for  So- 
phy, and  my  darling  gives  each  one  their 
cake,  and  says,  6  Thank  you  for  looking 
for  Alida.'  Shall  we  do  this?" 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma,  but  eat  a  cake  too, 
please." 

"No,  Honey,  no  cake  for  you;  you 
know  mamma  does  not  think  that  cakes 
are  good  for  you.  Anna  and  I  will  not 
eat  any,  but  we  will  be  very  glad  that 
we  have  some  to  give  away.  Thomas 
will  look  very  much  surprised  when  you 
come  1  Go  tell  Jenny  that  she  can  bring 
your  bread  and  milk  here ;  you  may  have 


100  LITTLE   ANNA. 

your  breakfast  here  to-day,  and  after 
breakfast  you  shall  go  to  give  away  the 
cakes." 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma." 

Jenny  brought  the  breakfast,  and  when 
she  came  in  grandmamma  said  to  her, 
"  Only  see  where  that  foolish  little  child 
put  her  Alida, —  in  my  tin  box;  we 
might  have  looked  a  good  while  without 
finding  her.  Take  the  box  away  again, 
it  is  full  of  weeds  and  sand,  and  you  will 
have  to  put  it  in  the  sun  once  more,  after 
you  have  cleaned  it." 

Jenny  laughed.  "  Anna,  what  a  piece 
of  work." 

Anna  did  not  answer,  but  went  on  eat- 
ing and  drinking.  When  she  had  done 
her  breakfast  she  said,  "  There,  gra'mam- 
ma." 

"  Have  you  done  ?  But  wipe  the  little 
mouth  first.  Who  wants  a  white  mous- 
tache. Now  it 's  clean.  Come  here, 
grandmamma  will  lend  you  a  little  bas- 
ket. Here  is  a  cake  for  Thomas,  and  one 


THE   LOST   DOLL.  101 

for  the  gardener,  one  for  Jenny,  one  for 
Sophy." 

"  Gra'mamma,  Sarlotte,  too  ! " 

"  To  be  sure,  Charlotte  looked  too. 
Here  is  one  for  Charlotte  —  " 

"  Gra'mamma,  please  dear  gra'mamma, 
a  cake  for  Marm  Dorty;  but,  gra'mam- 
ma,  not  any  for  the  pig." 

"  Goodness,  no  !  the  pig  eats  corn,  and 
all  sorts  of  things." 

"  Yes,  but  Anna  likes  the  pig  pretty 
well,  and  Agnes  laughs  when  he  says 
'Koof,  koof,'  and  does  so  with  his  head, 
but  Anna  don't  like  that ;  and  gra'mam- 
ma,  and  Prince  jumps  about  so  wild, — 
and  gra'mamma,  and  in  my  face,  and 
licks  it ;  but  Anna  don't  like  it,  and  push- 
ing my  legs,  yes,  gra'mamma." 

"  Grandmamma  must  go  with  you  some 
day  to  Marm  Dorty's,  must  n't  she ;  and 
hear  piggy  say  Koof,  koof,  and  see  Prince 
jump  and  lick  your  face  ?" 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma ;  but  now  Anna  must 
go  'way  with  my  cakes." 


CHAPTER    XVII. 

THE   DRIVE. 

• 

THE  next  day,  mamma  said,  "Anna, 
to-day  Thomas  will  put  the  horses  to  the 
big  carriage.  Mamma  is  going  to  see 
Grace's  mamma,  and  Anna  shall  go  too, 
and  see  dear  little  Grace." 

Anna  was  greatly  delighted.  "Yes, 
mamma,  and  Agnes  too,  mamma,  and 
gra'mamma." 

"  No,  our  little  baby  is  too  young ;  and 
grandmamma  will  stay  at  home  with 
Agnes." 

"  And  mamma,  may  Anna  have  on  my 
white  dress,  and  my  new  hat  with  red 
ribbons  ?  " 

"  Yes ;  now  go  to  Sophy,  little  woman, 
and  get  dressed." 

Anna  had  on  her  white  dress,  and  a 
little  white  jacket,  put  on  her  new  hat, 
her  gloves,  and  ran  to  her  mamma. 


THE   DRIVE.  103 

"  Mamma,  dear  mamma,  Thomas  is  not 
there  yet  with  the  big  horses,  only  think." 

"  Thomas  will  come  round  directly. 
Meantime,  you  run  and  bid  good  by  to 
grandmamma  and  Agnes." 

"  Agnes  is  coming  to  the  door,  mamma, 
to  see  us  go.  Sophy  said  so,  but  Anna 
will  run  to  gra'mamma." 

Anna  knocked  at  her  grandmamma's 
door.  "Gra'mamma,  gra'mamma,  open 
door ;  can't  reach.  Good  by,  gra'mamma, 
Anna  is  going  in  the  carriage." 

"My  Anna  going  away  from  grand- 
mamma ?  " 

"But  coming  back  again,  gra'mamma. 
Must  go  now." 

"  Thomas  is  not  there  yet ;  give  grand- 
mamma a  nice  kiss,  quick." 

"Yes,  gra'mamma,  Anna  bring  some- 
thing home  for  gra'mamma." 

"  Ah,  grandmamma  will  be  glad  of  that. 
What  will  it  be?" 

"Yes;  don't  know,  gra'mamma,  —  per- 
haps little  stone." 


104  LITTLE  ANNA. 

"  So  do ;  a  little  colored  stone,  my  dar- 
ling, and  now  good  by." 

The  carriage  came  to  the  door  and  An- 
na jumped  up  and  down  for  joy.  Sophy 
came  to  the  door  with  Agnes,  who  was  as 
sweet  as  ever,  and  was  delighted  with  the 
horses ;  her  mamma  and  Anna  kissed  the 
little  girl ;  "  Good  by,  my  Agnes,  good  by 
my  sweet  little  daughter."  Agnes  nod- 
ded, and  worked  with  her  feet  and  hands, 
but  she  did  not  cry. 

When  the  carriage  drove  off  Anna 
laughed  with  delight,  and  talked  very 
fast  to  her  mamma,  who  showed  her  a 
great  many  things  along  the  road;  the 
cows  in  the  fields,  the  sheep,  the  flowers, 
the  houses  and  gardens  that  they  passed. 
Anna  looked  at  everything,  but  at  last 
she  grew  tired,  and  asked,  whenever  they 
saw  a  house,  "  Mamma,  are  we  there  now  ? 
Mamma,  is  that  where  Grace  lives?" 

"No,  dear.  Grace's  house  is  a  long 
way  off  yet.  Would  you  like  to  have 
mamma  tell  you  a  story?" 


THE  DRIVE.  105 

"Yes,  dear  mamma,  please;  Anna  is 
very  tired!" 

"  Well,  now  listen.  Once  there  was  a 
little  girl  who  was  going  to  drive  with 
her  mamma,  and  the  little  girl  said, 
'  Mamma,  shall  I  have  on  my  white 
dress,  and  my  new  hat  with  red  rib- 
bons?'" 

"  But,  mamma,  is  it  me  ?  Please,  mam- 
ma, tell  me?" 

"  No,  it  is  not  you,  only  listen ;  the  lit- 
tle girl's  name  was  Emma.  When  little 
Emma  had  got  on  her  white  dress,  and  a 
little  white  jacket,  too,  — " 

"  But  Anna  has  on  my  jacket,  too." 

"And  a  little  white  jacket,  too,  and 
her  straw  hat,  she  ran  to  her  grandmam- 
ma to  say  good  by  —  " 

"Anna  will  bring  home  something  for 
gra'mamma,  mamma." 

"That's  right,  my  pet.  After  Emma 
and  her  mamma  had  got  into  the  car- 
riage they  drove  away  —  " 

"Mamma,  we  drove  away  too." 

5* 


106  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"To  be  sure,  Anna.  They  drove  and 
they  drove,  and  they  saw  many  horses, 
and  men,  and  women,  and  creatures,  and 
after  they  had  driven  and  driven  so  a 
long  time,  they  came  to  a  large,  hand- 
some house  —  " 

"Did  Grace  live  there,  mamma?" 

"  No,  a  lady  lived  there  who  had  a  lit- 
tle daughter,  named  Julia.  Julia  came 
to  the  door,  laughing  and  dancing,  and 
exclaiming,  '  Emma !  Emma !  have  you 
come  ? '  Emma  said  not  a  word,  but  stuck 
her  finger  in  her  mouth,  when  Julia's 
mother  and  several  ladies  and  gentlemen 
came  out  to  the  carriage. 

"Julia  wanted  to  take  hold  of  Emma's 
hand  and  lead  her  into  the  house,  but 
Emma  still  stuck  her  finger  in  her  mouth 
and  held  fast  to  her  mamma's  dress,  and 
was  very  silly.  Her  mamma  said,  6  Go 
now,  Emma,  with  good,  kind  Julia.  She 
has  got  pretty  playthings,  and  nice  dolls 
to  show  you.' 

"'Yes,  please,  Emma,   come/   begged 


THE   DRIVE.  107 

Julia.  But  Emma  kept  her  finger  in  her 
mouth,  said  never  a  word,  and  held  her 
mother's  dress  tighter  than  ever. 

"  When  they  found  they  could  not  per- 
suade her  to  do  anything,  her  mamma 
took  Emma  in  her  arms  and  carried  her 
to  Julia's  nursery,  and  set  her  on  the 
floor,  and  said,  'You  are  to  stay  here, 
Emma,  mamma  chooses  you  should ;  and 
now  be  a  good,  happy  little  girl,  and 
have  a  nice  play.' 

"Her  mamma  went  away,  and  Emma 
stayed,  and  cried  and  screamed  as  loud  as 
she  could.  Poor  little  Julia  was  dread- 
fully distressed,  and  kept  saying,  'But, 
Emma,  dear  Emma,  I  am  here  with  you ! 
Emma,  look !  here  is  my  dolly !  don't  you 
like  her  ?  Here  's  another  doll,  I  call  her 
the  baby,  —  Emma,  here  is  a  wagon, — 
Einma,  here  is  a  horse,  —  would  you  like 
to  have  it  ? ' 

"'I  want  to  go  to  mamma,  I  want 
mamma,'  screamed  Emma.  Suddenly  the 
door  opened,  and  a  boy  looked  in,  and 
said,  '  Who  is  howling  so  here  ? ' 


108  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"Emma  was  frightened,  and  stopped 
screaming,  and  when  the  boy  came  in,  as 
he  happened  to  have  a  whip  in  his  hand, 
she  grew  quite  still,  and  sweet  little  Julia 
gave  her  all  sorts  of  things  to  please  her, 
—  a  little  horseman  with  a  scarlet  coat, 
and  feathers  in  his  hat,  a  little  bright 
plate,  and  a  mortar.  Emma  took  these 
things,  but  she  was  not  pleased  or  happy, 
and  kept  saying  to  herself,  '  Want  to  go 
to  mamma,  want  to  go  home.' 

"By  and  by  the  children  had  some 
bread  and  milk,  and  little  cakes,  and  Em- 
ma ate  and  drank,  but  she  kept  saying 
over,  6  Want  to  go  home,  want  to  go  to 
mamma,  want  to  go  to  grandmamma.' 

"At  last  she  and  her  mamma  drove 
away,  and  then  everybody  said,  <I  am 
glad  that  silly  little  girl  is  gone !  Poor 
Julia  has  had  nothing  but  trouble  with 
her ;  if  I  were  her  mamma  I  should  cer- 
tainly have  left  her  at  home !  How  she 
kept  pulling  at  her  mamma's  dress.' 
This  is  what  the  strange  people  said,  but 


THE   DRIVE.  109 

Emma's  mamma  was  grieved  that  her  lit- 
tle daughter  had  behaved  so  unpleas- 
antly, and  said,  '  No,  this  will  not  do ; 
Emma  cannot  go  with  me  again,  she 
must  stay  at  home.'  Now,  that  is  the 
end  of  the  story,  and  there  is  the  house 
where  Grace  lives;  do  you  see  it,  little 
woman  ?  " 

"Yes,  mamma,  but  Anna  will  not  do 
so,  to  cry  and  scream." 


CHAPTER    XVIII. 

TELLING   ABOUT    THE   JOURNEY. 

THE  next  morning  Sophy  let  Anna 
sleep  rather  longer  than  usual,  for  when 
she  got  home  from  her  drive  the  evening 
before,  she  was  so  tired  that  she  could 
scarcely  speak  to  say  "  Good  night." 

When  Anna  woke  she  looked  round  in 
great  surprise,  and  said,  "Sophy,  Agnes 
dressed  so  soon?" 

"  Yes,  Anna,  you  took  a  long  journey 
yesterday,  and  got  very  tired ;  but  baby 
Agnes  stayed  at  home,  and  so  she  got  up 
early.  Come,  Agnes,  Sophy  wrill  put  you 
on  Anna's  bed,  and  the  two  children  can 
make  much  of  each  other." 

The  two  children  kissed  each  other, 
and  Anna  said,  "Sophy,  Agnes  keeps 
pounding  my  face,  little  monkey!" 

"Yes,  she  is  so  delighted  to  get  you 


TELLING   ABOUT    THE    JOURNEY.          Ill 

back  again ;  yesterday  she  kept  calling, 
<0a!  Oa!'  and  looking  for  you  with  her 
sweet  blue  eyes.  There,  Agnes,  now  So- 
phy will  put  you  down  on  the  floor ;  for  ' 
little  sister  Anna  must  get  up  now,  and 
Sophy  must  help  her.  Now,  Anna,  say 
your  prayer,  and  thank  the  good  God 
that  you  had  such  a  pleasant  time  yester- 
day, and  then  get  up." 

While  she  was  getting  dressed  Anna 
told  a  great  deal  about  her  drive,  and  as 
soon  as  she  was  ready  she  ran  to  her 
grandmamma,  who  was  very  glad  to  see 
her. 

"  Good  morning,  Anna,  love,  how  do 
you  do,  my  darling?  Did  you  have  a 
very  nice  time  yesterday?" 

"Yes,  gra'mamma,  but  Anna  is  in  a 
hurry,  b'eakfast  coming  'rectly,  gra'mam- 
ma." 

"  Well,  that 's  a  serious  matter  I  know ; 
but  tell  me  something  about  yesterday; 
what  did  you  play?" 

"  There  was  Grace  and   the  chickens, 


112  LITTLE   ANNA. 

and  a  very,  very  big  dog,  so  big!  and 
there  were  the  pigeons,  and  pigs,  too,  and 
cakes,  and  milk,  and  so  many  things ; 
yes,  gra'mamma,  that's  all  true." 

"What  did  Anna  play?" 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma,  but  the  dog,  the  big 
dog,  —  and  there  was  a  man,  —  and  threw 
a  stick  in  water,  —  and  the  big  dog, — 
and  splash  it  went,  and  into  the  water,  — 
and  slick  in  his  mouth,  —  and  he  came 
out  again,  and  shook  so  hard !  this  way, 
gra'mamma !  —  and  Anna  all  wet,  and 
Grace." 

"  Then  Anna  laughed,  I  suppose  ?  " 

"Yes,  but,  gra'mamma,  Anna  laughed, 
but  Anna  was  'fraid." 

"Did  you  scream?" 

"  No,  but  Anna  ran  a  great  way  off,  — 
and  strange  man  brought  Anna  back,  and 
said, '  Dog  will  not  do  anything,  —  he  is  a 
good  dog,  and  he  shall  go  in  the  water 
again,'  and  he  threw  stick,  and  dog  — 
yes  —  and  shook  hisself,  —  such  a  spat- 
ter! But  Grace  laughed,  and  Anna 
laughed  too." 


TELLING   ABOUT   THE   JOURNEY.          113 

"Then  you  were  a  good  little  girl?" 

"  Mamma  says  Anna  can  go  with  mam- 
ma again  when  she  goes  visiting." 

"If  she  says  so,  then  grandmamma 
must  give  you  a  good  kiss,  my  pet.  Now 
where  is  the  pretty  stone  you  were  going 
to  bring  home  to  me  ?  " 

"  But  that  —  yes,  gra'mamma  —  yes, 
only  think,  dear  gra'mamma,  Anna  was 
very  tired." 

"  Anna  forgot  it,  and  did  not  think  of 
her  grandmamma ;  but  when  Anna  drives 
out  again  then  she  will  remember  better, 
won't  she  ?  " 

"Yes,  poor  gra'mamma  got  no  little 
stone  !  But,  gra'mamma,  you  shall  have 
a  piece  of  bread  from  my  b'eakfast,  yes, 
gra'mamma ! " 

"So  do,  dear  child.  I  always  like  to 
have  little  children  think  of  other  peo- 
ple, and  try  to  do  something  for  them. 
But  run  away  now,  your  breakfast  must 
be  ready." 

When  Anna  came  into  the  nursery  the 


114  LITTLE   ANNA. 

breakfast  was  standing  on  the  table,  and 
little  Agnes  was  shaking  her  hands  and 
feet,  glad  to  see  the  milk. 

Anna  looked  at  the  bread,  which  came 
for  her  with  the  milk,  and  then  she  broke 
off  a  piece,  and  said,  "  Sophy,  please  put 
in  my  little  basket." 

"In  your  basket?  Eat  your  bread 
now,  Anna," 

k-Xo,  Sophy,  gra'ruamma  have  that, 
poor  gra'mamma  did  not  have  any  pretty 
stone." 

"  Very  well ;  there,  I  have  laid  it  in ; 
but  now  eat  your  breakfast,  and  when 
you  have  done,  and  have  been  to  see 
mamma,  we  will  take  the  baby  to  Marm 
Dorty's.  Would  you  like  that?" 

"  Yes,  yes,  Sophy,  Anna  saw  some  pigs 
yesterday,  very  big  ones  and  very  little 
ones,  and  they  all  said,  noosh,  nooSh, 
noosh ! " 


CHAPTER    XIX. 

SHELLING   PEAS. 

WHEN  the  children  arrived  at  Mann 
Dorty's,  they  found  her  sitting  under  an 
apple-tree  in  her  garden,  shelling  peas. 
"  Ah,"  said  she,  "  here  come  the  good  lit- 
tle girls  to  help  the  old  woman.  You 
little  love  of  an  Agnes,  there  is  a  pod  for 
you  to  play  with,  only  don't  put  it  in 
your  mouth." 

"Dorty,  Anna  wants  to  help  Dorty, 
though." 

"Do  you ?  of  course  you  're  growing  a 

fine  big  girl.    Come  sit  down  here  on  this 

little  bench,  and  here  's  a  little  pod  for 

•  ytm,  and  here  are  the  peas  inside.     Can 

you  get  the  peas  out,  Anna  ?  " 

"  No,  Dorty,  Anna  cannot  do  that." 

"Dorty  will  show  you,  —  this  is  what 
the  child  must  do,  —  so,  —  and  then  the 


116  LITTLE    ANNA. 

pod  says  snip  or  snap,  and  then  it  is  open, 
and  Anna  takes  all  the  little  peas  out." 

"  Dorty,  but  the  pod  will  not  say  snip 
or  snap." 

"Then  I  suppose  Anna's  little  fingers 
are  not  strong  enough ;  if  that  will  not 
do,  then  we  will  break  the  pod  right  in 
halves,  —  so,  —  and  now  Anna  can  push 
the  peas  out,  —  so,  —  that  went  splen- 
didly." 

"Anna  likes  better  for  it  to  go  snap." 
"  Only   listen    to   mine,   they   say   so. 
There,  little  Agnes,  there  is  another  pod 
for  you,  you  dear  little  poppet." 

"  Dorty,  what  are  the  peas  for,  though  ?  " 
"  Dorty  will  tell  you  a  story  all  about 
the  peas.  First,  Dorty  went  into  the  gar- 
den and  dug  up  the  ground,  and  raked  it, 
and  then  she  planted  some  peas.  By  and 
by  they  came  up,  and  grew  green,  and 
grew  tall ;  Dorty  stuck  some  sticks  in  for 
them  to  grow  upon,  and  pretty  soon  there 
came  some  flowers,  and  then  some  pods, 
and  in  the  pods  came  some  peas,  and 


SHELLING   PEAS.  117 

they  grew  till  they  were  big  enough  to 
be  gathered.  Then  Dorty  went  into  the 
garden  with  a  big  basket,  and  crack, 
crack,  she  pulled  away,  and  gathered  the 
peas.  When  they  are  all  shelled,  then 
Dorty  will  pour  them  into  a  pot,  and  put 
in  water,  and  set  it  on  the  fire  and  boil 
them.  When  they  have  boiled  awhile, 
then  salt  will  go  in,  and  parsley,  and  but- 
ter, and  flour,  and  then  boil  some  more, 
and  then  the  nice  dinner  is  ready." 

"  Yes,  Dorty,  but  what  next  ?  " 

"  Then  Dorty's  husband  comes  home, 
and  he  says,  <  Well,  wife,  is  dinner  ready? 
Have  you  got  something  nice  ?  I  'm 
dreadful  hungry/  Then  Dorty  says, 
'  Something  real  nice,  I  can  tell  you ! 
Beautiful  green  peas,  and  our  little  Anna, 
she  helped  to  shell  them,  and  sat  by  me 
on  the  little  bench/" 

"  Yes,  Dorty,  but  what  does  Father  Mar- 
tin say  then  ?  " 

"Father  Martin  says,  'Why,  bless  my 
heart !  did  that  nice  little  girl  help  shell 


118  LITTLE   ANNA. 

them  ?  Then  give  me  some,  quick,  they'll 
taste  twice  as  good  as  usual.' " 

«  But  what  next,  Dorty  ?  " 

"  Then  Father  Martin  and  Mother  Dor- 
ty, they  eat,  and  they  eat,  and  it  tastes 
delicious,  and  when  they  have  had  enough, 
then  the  cat  and  dog  have  their  turn,  and 
each  of  them  has  a  bowlful ;  and  the 
cat  purrs,  and  the  dog  wags  his  tail ;  but 
they  don't  dare  to  fight,  for  fear  Father 
Martin  should  sing  out, 

*  Cat  and  dog,  you  '11  please  to  be  good, 
Or  else  I  '11  drive  you  into  the  wood.' " 


CHAPTER    XX. 


ANNA  came  for  her  luncheon  to  her 
grandmamma's  room,  and  brought  the  lit- 
tle piece  of  bread  with  her.  "  Look  here, 
gra' mamma,  only  see,  Anna  kept  this  for 
you." 

66  Thank  you,  little  one,  but  do  you 
know,  grandmamma  has  had  her  break- 
fast ;  suppose  we  give  the  bit  of  bread  to 
grandmamma's  bird.  Birdie  is  very  fond 
of  roll!" 

"  Yes,  but  he  always  snaps,  and  is  very 
wild/' 

"  When  he  sees  how  kind  you  are  to 
him,  he  will  be  very  pleasant.  He  never 
snaps  at  grandmamma,  because  she  feeds 
him  every  day." 

"Gra'mamma,  look  here,  how  he  flies 
round,  and  opens  his  beak." 


120  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"You  must  speak  pleasantly  to  him, 
little  Nan.  Come,  come,  Cherry,  come, 
my  little  bird,  my  pretty  little  Cherry! 
See  how  quiet  he  is,  and  how  he  looks  at 
grandmamma,  with  his  bright  eyes.  Now 
put  the  bit  of  bread  between  the  bars  of 
the  cage,  so,  —  Cherry,  here  Cherry,  little 
Anna  has  brought  you  some  bread,  birdie." 

"  Gra'mamma,  Cherry  is  quite  pleased, 
and  he  keeps  turning  his  head  so.  Does 
Cherry  know  that  it  is  some  of  my  break- 
fast?" 

"  Tell  him  about  it,  my  daughter." 

"  Cherry,  but  Anna  brought  that  bread 
from  my  b'eakfast.  Did  you  know  it  ? 
Tell  me!" 

"  Cherry  cannot  speak,  he  can  only 
whistle  and  chirp." 

"  Then  make  him  chirp,  gra'mamma," 

"He  will  not  always  do  it ;  I  will  whis- 
tle to  him,  and  perhaps  he  will  answer  — 
Do  you  hear?  Now  Cherry  is  talking 
sweetly, '  chirp,  chirp.' " 

"  What  does  that  mean,  though  ?  " 


SEWING.  121 

"  That  means  yes,  and  thank  you." 

Anna  was  very  much  pleased,  and  ate 
her  luncheon  and  chatted  about  all  sorts 
of  things. 

"  Gra'mamma,  mamma  said  once,  gra'- 
mamma,  when  Anna  went  to  see  Grace, 
then  play  hide  under  little  bush,  but  the 
children  did  n't  at  all." 

"  No,  Anna,  because  Grace  was  alone  at 
home  ;  her  brothers  and  sisters  had  gone 
to  their  Aunt's  to  a  birthday  party.  Now 
come,  and  have  your  mouth  wiped.  Are 
our  little  fat,  handy-pandies  clean  ?  0 
dear,  no  !  not  a  bit ;  dear  me,  dear  me ! 
here  is  a  little  pig  in  the  middle  of  this 
hand,  and  there's  another  piggy,  and 
here's  another." 

"  Gra'mamma,  say  that  again,  —  please, 
gra'mamma,  more  about  pigs,  please  ! " 

"  Grandmamma  is  going  to  get  rid  of 
the  little  pigs.  There  is  some  water,  and 
here  is  a  towel.  Quick  into  the  water, 
little  pig,  we  are  going  to  dip  you  well  in 
and  drown  you  !  There  now  they  are 


122  LITTLE   ANNA. 

gone,  now  we  have  got  our  little  clean 
hands  again." 

"  Gra'mamma,  are  you  going  to  sew  ?  " 
"  Yes,  Anna,  with  bright,  pretty  wool." 
"  Anna  would  like  to,  with  very  bright. 
Please,  dear  gra'marnma ! " 

"  I  'm  very  willing ;  but  if  Anna  sews 
she  must  do  it  nicely,  or  else  grandmam- 
ma cannot  let  her  go  on.  Here  is  a  piece 
of  canvas,  with  coarse  threads.  Anna 
can  sew  on  that;  now  pick  out  the  colors 
for  yourself." 

"  This,  gra'mamma,  and  that,  and  that." 

"You   have   got   red,   and  green,  and 

blue,  and  that  will  be  enough.     Now  we 

will  take  a  large  needle,  and  it  has  got  an 

eye ;  where  is  the  eye,  Anna,  look  for  it." 

a  Here,  though,  gra'mamma." 

"  So  it  is !  that  is  the  eye,  and  besides, 

it  is  the  door  that  Mr.  Thread  wants  to 

go  through.   Here  he  comes,  and  wants  to 

get  in,  —  get  in,  —  and  now  he  pokes  his 

head  through  the  door,  just  a  little  way, 

and  now  he  has  really  got  every  bit  in, 


SEWING.  123 

and  here  he  is.  Now  grandmamma  will 
pull  him  out  again,  and  Anna  shall  make 
him  walk  through  the  door.  So,  honey, 
the  needle  in  this  hand,  and  the  thread  in 
that." 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma,  now  Mr.  Thread  is 
coming." 

"Ah,  but  he  cant  get  in !  he  walks  round 
this  way,  and  he  walks  round  that  way, 
but  he  can't  get  his  head  through  the 
door.  0,  poor  fellow,  he  has  to  stay 
outside,  when  he  wants  so  much  to  get 
in!" 

"  He 's  coming  now,  gra'mamma,  but 
he 's  coming  now  ! " 

"  Is  he  ?  Grandmamma  can't  see  him 
yet  —  grandmamma  will  watch  —  if  he 
puts  his  head  through  ever  so  little,  we  '11 
pull  him  right  through,  quick." 

"  Gra'mamma,  gra'mamma,  there  he 
is  ! " 

"  To  be  sure  !  there  he  is !  Now  Anna 
can  pull  him  through.  Give  it  to  me ; 
grandmamma  will  begin  the  work." 


124  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  1  want  to  begin,  please,  gra'mamma." 
"You?  stupid  little  thing,  you  could 
not  do  it.  I  have  begun;  see  here, — 
this  is  the  way  that  grandmamma  slides 
it  through,  in  here,  out  there,  and  then 
draws  it  out." 

"Now  I,  please,  gra'mamma." 
"  Grandmamma  has  put  in  the  needle, 
—  so, — 

'  In  here  and  out  there, 
So  the  bee  makes  honey  fair.' " 

Anna  laughed.  "  Once  more,  once 
more  about  the  bee,  gra'mamma." 

"Yes,  you  are  the  little  bee,  but 
grandmamma  knows  plenty  more  pretty 
verses. 

*  Now,  my  busy  girl  so  spry, 
Make  needle  fly,  make  needle  fly, 
Never  let  it  think  of  stopping, 
Then  some  day  you  can  go  shopping, 
Run  about  all  over  town, 
Eat  ice-cream  and  buy  a  gown. 
Now,  my  busy  girl,  so  spry, 
Make  needle  fly,  make  needle  fly.' 

"There,  little    Anna,    now    draw    the 


SEWING.  125 

needle  out,  —  that  was  right,  now  stick 
it  in." 

"Anna  can't." 

"  Can't  ?  Anna  can't  ?  Now  let  us  see, 
Anna  must  try  once  more,  and  then  it 
will  be  enough  for  to-day.  Here,  Anna, 
here,  —  no,  that 's  not  right,  —  be  very 
careful,  —  the  needle  must  come  out 
here.  That 's  nice !  now  once  more ;  and 
if  that  goes  right  then  Anna  shall  stop ; 
that 's  it !  Here  's  the  needle,  and  there 's 
a  kiss  for  the  little  daughter." 

"Gra'mamma,  once  more  that  —  don't 
you  know  ?  " 

"  Grandmamma  knows,  but  here  's 
something  else,  now  listen. 

'  Little,  little  daughter  mine, 
Here 's  a  needle,  bright  and  fine, 
Now  sew  with  red  and  blue  to-day, 
But  take  no  black,  and  take  no  gray.' " 


CHAPTER    XXI. 

THE   BIRTHDAY. 

THE  next  morning  Sophy  let  Anna 
sleep  on,  and  when  Agnes  woke  up  she 
said  to  her,  "  Now  be  very  still  and  quiet, 
my  little  Agnes,  and  let  sister  Anna  sleep. 
To-day  is  Anna's  birthday,  and  when  my 
darling  baby  is  dressed  she  shall  beat  on 
the  drum  and  wake  up  Anna."  Agnes 
laughed,  patted  Sophy's  face  with  her 
little  hands,  and  was  as  still  as  a  mouse 
while  she  was  getting  washed  and 
dressed. 

When  Agnes  was  all  ready,  Sophy  put 
a  pretty  wreath  of  Forget-me-nots  on  her 
head,  where  the  silky  yellow  curls  hung 
down,  put  the  drum  on  the  floor  before 
her,  and  said,  "  Now  wake  Anna  up,  Ag- 
nes, honey." 

Agnes  pounded  hard  on  the  drum,  and 


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THE   BIRTHDAY.  127 

laughed  out  loud,  so  that  Anna  woke  up 
very  much  astonished,  and  asked,  "But 
what  is  that,  though?" 

"  That  is  Agnes,  making  music  because 
to-day  is  your  birthday,  Anna.  Only 
look ;  baby  has  a  pretty  wreath  on ! 
Come  here,  Agnes,  give  Anna  a  kiss,  and 
wish  her  joy.  Love  Anna  dearly, — 
there,  that 's  good  children.  Now  come, 
Agnes,  you  have  got  a  birthday  present 
for  Anna,  too.  What  do  you  think,  An- 
na, Agnes  wants  to  give  you  her  little 
wax  doll." 

Agnes  held  the  doll  tight,  and  said 
"  Nium,  nium."  "  Come,  my  baby,  let  go, 
and  give  the  dolly  to  dear  sister  Anna." 

"  Oa !  oa ! "  said  Agnes,  and  held  out 
the  dolly  to  Anna. 

"  Thank  you,  baby  dear,"  said  Anna ; 
"  but,  Sophy,  shall  I  have  a  wreath,  too  ?  " 

"  To  be  sure,  a  little  wreath  of  roses ; 
there  it  is  ready.  Now  hurry,  scurry, 
quick  as  lightning.  Sophy  will  lay  the 
doll  on  the  table  until  you  are  dressed." 


128  LITTLE   ANNA. 

After  Anna  was  dressed,  Sophy  put 
on  her  head  a  little  wreath  of  rose-buds, 
and  she  ran  off  to  her  mamma.  When 
she  went  into  the  room  there  was  nobody 
in  it.  "  Where  mamma  can  be  ?  "  she  said 
to  herself;  and  then  said,  "  In  gra'mam- 
ma's  room,  perhaps." 

She  ran  away  there,  and  to  be  sure 
mamma  and  grandmamma  were  there 
together.  "  Mamma,  see  here  ;  Anna  got 
a  wreath ;  but  it  is  my  birthday,  mamma." 

"Then  mamma  must  wish  you  joy, 
my  dear,  darling  little  Anna,  Now  go 
to  grandmamma." 

"  Look,  my  wreath,  gra'mamma ;  but 
it's  Anna's,  my  birthday,  did  you  know 
it?" 

"Certainly,  grandmamma  knows  it, 
and  she  wishes  you  joy,  my  sweet  love." 

"  Gra'mamma  —  but  Anna  does  not 
know  that  —  wish  joy,  gra'mamma,  but 
that." 

"  Don't  you  know  what  joy  is  ?  Grand- 
mamma will  tell  you.  Joy  is  being 


THE   BIRTHDAY.  129 

hapjvy,  having  a  dear  mamma,  a  good 
papa,  a  kind  grandpapa,  and  grandmam- 
ma, and  a  sweet  little  sister.  It  is  joy, 
too,  to  have  a  pleasant  birthday,  and  get 
nice  presents,  and  to  be  a  good,  happy 
<;hild.  Now  what  do  you  think  is  here  ?  " 

In  the  middle  of  the  room  stood  a  ta- 
ble with  flowers  upon  it.  On  the  table, 
were  two  large  cakes,  ornamented  with 
colored  sugar  and  pretty  things,  and  near 
them  lay  a  little  pink  dress,  a  white,  long- 
sleeved  apron,  a  little  red  scarf,  and  all 
sorts  of  little  kitchen  things  made  of 
tin. 

Anna  jumped  for  joy,  and  when  So- 
phy brought  Agnes  in,  the  two  children 
played  with  the  toys,  until  Sophy  said, 
"  Now  come  to  your  breakfast ;  Jenny  has 
just  brought  it  up." 

Anna  ran  to  her  mamma,  "  Thank  you, 
my  mamma." 

"  Thank  grandmamma,  too ;  she  gives 
you  the  little  dress,  and  the  scarf." 

"  Thank  you,  my  gra'rnamma." 


130  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  Come  Anna,"  said  Sophy. 

"  Yes,  Sophy.  Gra'mamma,  want  to  tell 
you  something,  —  but  the  cakes,  my  gra'- 
mamma." 

"  The  cakes  belong  to  you.  When  An- 
na comes  to  luncheon,  grandmamma  will 
give  her  a  little  piece,  —  mamma  has  giv- 
en leave,  —  and  then  you  shall  see  what 
will  happen  next!  Now  go,  love,  and 
when  you  have  drunk  your  milk,  then  go 
to  see  grandpapa." 

"  Yes,  0  yes,  now  Anna  must  run." 

When  Anna  went  to  her  grandpapa, 
she  knocked  at  the  door,  and  said,  "  Come 
in ! "  until  her  grandpapa  opened  the  door 
for  her.  He  kissed  the  little  girl,  and  ex- 
claimed, "  Bless  my  heart !  Grandpapa 
ought  to  have  dressed  himself  up  fine, 
too,  what  a  pretty  wreath  we  've  got." 

"  Yes,  grandpapa,  but  it  is  Anna's,  my 
birthday." 

"  I  wish  you  joy,  little  one  ;  but  what 
are  you  going  to  give  to  grandpapa  then 
to-day?" 


THE   BIRTHDAY.  131 

"Anna,  grandpapa?  But  Anna  has 
got  nothing.  But  gra'mamma  has  given 
Anna  a  pink  gown  and  a  little  scarf,  and 
mamma  pretty  playthings,  and  apron,  and 
cakes  and  flowers." 

"  Why,  if  everybody  gives  you  some- 
thing, then  grandpapa  must  too." 

"  Yes,  my  grandpapa,  so  you  must." 

"  Hold  out  your  apron,  —  grandpapa 
will  throw  in  a  big  silver  half-dollar." 

Anna  laughed,  and  thanked  him,  but 
then  she  ran  off  to  her  mamma  and  grand- 
mamma, and  held  the  white  silver  piece 
up  in  the  air,  "  Grandpapa  gave  that ! " 

After  she  had  looked  at  it  all  over, 
she  gave  it  to  her  mamma  to  keep.  An- 
na ran  all  ove?  the  house  so  that  every- 
body might  wish  her  joy,  and  then  she 
helped  to  drag  Agnes's  wagon  to  Marm 
Dorty's.  Both  the  children  had  their 
wreaths  on  round  their  hats. 

When  Anna  saw  Dorty,  she  let  go  the 
wagon,  and  ran  to  her,  "  Dorty,  but  it  is 
Anna's,  my  birthday ! " 


132  LITTLE   ANNA. 

"  Yes,  child,  Dorty  knows  that ;  Dorty 
has  thought  about  you  a  great  deal  this 
morning,  only  look  at  Prince,  see  how 
fine  he  is,  in  honor  of  you." 

Poor  Prince  had  a  great  thick  wreath 
round  his  neck,  and  he  kept  twisting  him- 
self round,  and  biting  at  it,  he  was  so 
impatient  to  get  rid  of  it. 

66  Dorty,  but  what  is  Prince  about  ?  Is 
Prince  playing,  Dorty  ?  " 

"  Well,  well,  he  would  like  better  to  get 
the  wreath  off.  You  have  seen  it  now, 
what  do  you  say,  shall  we  take  it  off?" 

Anna  nodded,  and  when  the  wreath 
was  taken  off,  he  barked  for  joy,  and  ran 
all  about. 

"Child,"  said  Harm  Dorty,  «I  have  a 
present  for  you.  You  are  so  fond  of  Dor- 
ty's  pig,  she  has  bought  you  a  little  piggy. 
Only  see  ! " 

"Dorty, is  it  alive?" 

"No,  my  child;  it  cannot  say,  <Koof!' 
but  it  is  very  pretty." 

The  children  played  there  very  happily, 


THE   BIRTHDAY.  '     133 

until  ten  o'clock,  and  then  Anna  went  to 
her  grandmamma.  Everything  was  still 
standing  so  prettily  on  the  table,  and  by 
the  two  cakes  lay  a  knife,  with  which 
grandmamma  cut  into  one,  and  took  out  a 
piece  for  Anna,  who  ate  it  up,  and  was 
very  much  pleased. 

When  Anna  had  done  her  luncheon, 
her  grandmamma  said  to  her :  "  Now, 
come,  Anna,  grandmamma  is  going  to 
cut  off  some  of  this  cake  for  everybody 
in  the  house,  and  Anna  will  take  it  to 
them." 

"  But,  —  my  cake,  gra'mamma  ?  " 

"  To  be  sure.  All  the  people  are  always 
kind  to  Anna,  and  they  ought  to  have 
something  good  on  her  birthday.  Now 
attend,  —  for  the  housekeeper,  for  Jenny, 
for  Sophy,  for  Charlotte,  for  Ellen,  for  the 
gardener,  for  Thomas,  for  Peter,  —  there 
that 'sail." 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma,  but  Anna  will  carry 
it." 

"Certainly,    but    we    forgot    Dorty. 


134  *  LITTLE   ANNA. 

There  's  a  piece  for  Dorty,  and  one  for 
Father  Martin." 

"  Yes,  gra'mamma,  but  the  little  boy 
that  keeps  the  geese  ?  —  poor  little  boy." 

"  There 's  one  for  the  boy  with  the 
geese ;  he  will  sing,  — 

4  Long  live  little  Anna  ho  ! 
And  all  the  little  geese  also  ! ' " 


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